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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: speed
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 15:28:44 -0700
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hmmm wrote:
] i run BSD on many diff computers, and on my 386/25's, it appears
] (esp w/MidnightCommander & ee) that FreeBSD is significantly slower
] than Linux running the same program with twice the VT's.
] 
] does this make sense?  any good reasons?

Different curses library, no "libvga".  Bad system-dependent
assuptions in both programs.  Running FreeBSD on a 386/16 and
linux on a P6/200.  8-).

                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@lambert.org
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