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From: leo@BLaCKSMITH.com (Leo Turetsky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs freeBSD
Date: 11 Sep 1996 23:04:10 GMT
Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc.
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Feisal Mohammed writes
> In article <01bb9e7e$3d73fca0$f82274cf@a>, Ari wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me which OS is better and why?More popular?Relative
> >strengths/weaknesses?
> 
> >Thanks
> >Ari
> There is no one better OS :) The best one is the one that works for you!
> You have to define first what it is that you want to do, what
> applications do you want to run, whether support for the particular OS
> is available close at hand (books, friends etc)?  
> Make a list and check off one against the other based on your needs.
> Ask questions like, does OS "xxx" support my hardware or run this
> application? You get the idea?

How about this checklist:

I'm looking to run a File Server under a Pentium Pro 200 and a Pentium  
133. It will serve files for Solaris (NFS), NT (with NFS _and_ Samba) and  
NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (NFS) only (no other FreeBSD/Linux machines).
They will have Cogent 100mb/s ethernet cards and cheap video.
The SCSI card will probably be an Adaptec 2940 (unless you can make a  
reccommendation for a better PCI card).
Basically, I want to know which OS (Linux or FreeBSD) will run NFS better.
Better is defined as more reliably, faster, and more efficiently (less CPU  
overhead/time).
The time it takes to configure/implement is pretty much irrelevant if once  
set up it doesn't need to be touched ever again.

leo.

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| Leo Turetsky        |  BLaCKSMITH, Inc. (NeXTmail OK) |
| leo@blacksmith.com  |  OPENSTEP Systems Administrator |
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| Nah-ne kah-sah tahng-tah? <esp> Leo, your mom called. |
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