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From: rdd@access5.digex.net (R. D. Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: linux vs freebsd in stability?
Date: 18 May 1996 18:55:06 -0400
Organization: Society for the Obsolescence of Obsolescence
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Message-ID: <4nlkga$q5h@access5.digex.net>
References: <4nlgap$18do@ns3-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
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In article <4nlgap$18do@ns3-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>, <a052@Lehigh.EDU> wrote:
>i am running linux 1.2.13 (which is supposedly "stable") but am unsatisfied
>with its stability. i put very little load on this machine (i basically just
>use minicom, pppd, a few x apps, compile some stuff occasionally) but have
>lost 3 file systems due to lockups. my kernel is properly configured and my
>hardware tests out ok, so i assume linux is just buggy. is freebsd any more
>stable? ftp.cdrom.com's machine seems to be a great advertisement for
>freebsd's stability, but i'm just curious.
Well, I've not used either yet, but have been reading articles in the
newsgroups about both, and feel much more comfortable about installing
FreeBSD on a system. There appears to be too much disorganization
when it comes to Linux, with three different versions, etc. Although
Linux appeare to have a bigger following (well, so does rubbishware
like Windows-95 (bletch!!!)), many of those followers appear to be new
to UNIX-like and multi-user operating systems, etc. I'll take my
chances and try to get FreeBSD installed. If I like it enough on the
little IBM type PC, I may try it on my Sun. :-) ...I just wish that it
could run on my PDP-11s.
--
R. D. Davis * http://www.access.digex.net/~rdd * Computer Preservationist
PERQ Logic Systems & Unconventional Computer Consulting
divisions of Transpower Industries, Inc. +1 410 744-4900