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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 22:38:05 -0700
Organization: Me
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Leslie Mikesell wrote:
] How about support for more hardware? I was planning to try
] freeBSD on a machine with an Adaptec Aic7850 on the motherboard
] but couldn't make it work. I found Linux boot floppies on
] the net without too much trouble so I ended up installing that
] instead.
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960501-SNAP/floppies/boot.flp
] Since it is sitting in an office full of Windows-for- Workgroup
] and Win95 machines, having ksmbfs is a big plus.
This one I don't understand -- unless you are using the machine
as a single user box, or don't care that every Linux user is
using a single set of credentials to access the SMB servers,
and therefore you have no user-level access controls.
] Also I've been impressed by how few changes have been required
] to compile my programs developed on sysvr3 and r4 machines,
Well, termios is termios, if it's POSICX sources, but if it is
true SVR3/4 sources and uses SVR3/4-specific features, Linux
would have the advantage.
] and networking speed seems reasonable. How would freeBSD be
] better if I don't need greater-than-ethernet speeds?
Depends onthe loading characteristics for the machine, *exactly*
what you plan to use it for, etc..
Regards,
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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