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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!sonybc!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!prodigy.com!darkstar.prodigy.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 29 Jan 1997 22:19:26 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5coide$2kvc@usenet1y.prodigy.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <873evtxn6t.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <m2g1zswhwv.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <32E7D6CA.59FF@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: darkstar.prodigy.com Originator: davidsen@darkstar.prodigy.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155040 comp.os.linux.networking:66589 comp.os.linux.setup:94531 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5793 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2120 In article <32E7D6CA.59FF@erols.com>, <gbh@erols.com> wrote: | How scalable are each, Linux and BSD, on multiple processors? Don't know about BSD, Linux "supports" up to 16 processors, but the kernel is single threaded. Great for apps which use a lot of user CPU, like compiles and ray tracing. Not good at all for stuff which generates a lot of system time. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) Windows NT is like a doctoral thesis; it contains a wealth of interesting features and ideas, some of which could be extracted from the proof of concept and used in a real operating system.