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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!winternet.com!news2.interlog.com!nntp.uio.no!news.global-one.no!news1.transpac.net!news1.global-one.dk!news.uni-c.dk!kroete2!not-for-mail From: ehcorry@inet.uni-c.dk (Erik Corry) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Followup-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:06:03 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 39 Sender: news@kroete2.freinet.de (news) Message-ID: <DuM0A3.Fto@kroete2.freinet.de> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.eng.sun.com> <4pf7f9$bsf@white.twinsun.com> <4rql4p$39f@innocence.interface-business.de> <4rrimn$dro@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E16DB5.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4rtvpf$7e5@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E73BCA.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <4s7jsd$blf@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E7B8A5.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4s8rtp$jsh@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E9B45E.48BF@cet.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: arh56.ppp.uni-c.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:45270 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23613 Michael Hancock (michaelh@cet.co.jp) wrote: : Larry McVoy wrote: : > : > to have BSDI, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and 386BSD out there. Isn't : > it obvious at this point that Linux is doing a much better job of keeping : > the crowd of people focussed on the technology instead of the personalities? : : Counterpoint: : : Debian, Redhat, Caldera, plus a host of 15 or so others. The differences between these distributions lie in the packaging and installation. They use the same: * Kernel * C library * System utilities * Other software (mostly) * File system layout * Newsgroups(!) It doesn't look to me like there is as much duplication of effort going on in the Linux world as there is in the BSD world. The only Linux distibution that differs significantly in terms of the kernel, C library and development environment is Linux-FT, which is heading for Posix (and later Unix) certification. But these changes are also being merged back in, so again there is little duplication of effort. 15 or so is also something of an exaggeration. Basically, Slackware, Red Hat, Debian, SuSE, Yggdrasil and Linux-FT cover 99.9% of new Linux installations. Caldera is not a separate distribution. -- [T]o be a great scientist, according to Kuhn, you must do revolutionary science, and the best evidence that you are doing it is that you are so obscure and in- consistent in your statements as to be wholly incomprehensible to others. -- JMS -- Erik Corry ehcorry@inet.uni-c.dk http://inet.uni-c.dk/~ehcorry/ +45 86166287 Configuration/programmering af Internet/TCPIP/Unix/News/Mail/WWW/net-sikkerhed..