Return to BSD News archive
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!newsfeeds.sol.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!news.glink.net.hk!news-hk.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-stock.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!van1s03.cyberion.com!zap.wwdc.com!dougyoung From: dougyoung@zap.wwdc.com (Douglas Young) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Followup-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 31 Mar 1997 00:35:24 GMT Organization: World Wide Data Communications Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5hn0sd$l21@van1s03.cyberion.com> References: <5hcbac$r22@news.gvsu.edu> <333cddd8.1017100@news.sprynet.com> <87g1xgud2v.fsf@efn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: zap.wwdc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19564 comp.os.linux.misc:167228 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38093 David Welton (davidw@efn.org) wrote: : lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) writes: : > : > >1. Allow remote command-shell logins. : > >2. Completely interact with programs running remotely (this includes : > > windowing applications.) : > : > But all these are too slow to be useful if ur on a 14.4 or 28.8. : On a 28.8? Nope, I've done remote X stuff with it once or twice. Not : fast, but quite usable. Rlogin and telnet on the other hand, are : quite fast. For character based processing a 9600 is ample. I remember in the good old days when 1200 was the standard "fast" speed. A hayes 1200 modem cost $1200 and was a bargain. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Young Senior System Administrator dougyoung@wwdc.com Worldwide Data Communications div of Cyberion Networking Corporation.