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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!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.sprynet.com!not-for-mail From: lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:14:35 GMT Organization: Sprynet News Service Lines: 19 Message-ID: <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd12-119.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19447 comp.os.linux.misc:166510 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37792 >=Many servers (large ones too) don't support compressing on the fly. >=And I'm not sure if war ftp 1.55 can tar on the fly. > >So the answer is NO, I guess... Poor choice of ftp-server, then, IMHO... Actually no. It is almost the *only* server used for warez. >Another common misconception :) Your computer did not get any slower >since the time you bought it... Unlike cars, computers don't get >worse with time (well, they may break)... You may "feel" it is slower, >because you've already experienced a faster one. Sort of. My computer has become slower because software has become less efficient and bigger therefore much more taxing on my system. > Those willing to give up functionality for ease of use > loose both and deserve neither. What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't?