Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:08:33 -0400 From: Rick N <solarux@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Ubuntu - Discuss... Message-ID: <BAY113-W23BB52547C981CAD1344D5A1D50@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <cone.1254242533.271161.79872.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <200909290226.CAA28246@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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"...Pick any colour you want=2C as long as its BLACK..." -its not always th= e car=2C its invariably the DRIVER !!! Obviously=2C as long that *IX works in your "real" world=2C then thats all = that matters. =20 Be situationally bound=2C NOT existentially. =20 :) =20 > From: lists@stringsutils.com > To: freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com > Date: Tue=2C 29 Sep 2009 12:42:13 -0400 > CC: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Ubuntu - Discuss... >=20 > Moving to chat instead of performance.=20 >=20 > >> This was discussed in detail in slashdot.. starting with the fact that= most=20 > >> likely debug switches were not turned off for FreeBSD. > >=20 > > "All of the FreeBSD and Ubuntu options were left at their defaults." > >=20 > > My question is why is FreeBSD's disk i/o performance so bad? >=20 > As I mentioned... this was discussed actively in slashdot. You will find= =20 > there many good comments on this. >=20 > > Not just in the benchmarks with debugging on=2C but in real world usage > > where it actually matters. >=20 > Are you saying this from actual experience or from reading other people's= =20 > comments? If it is from actual experience and XYZ version of Linux does a= =20 > particular job better then I don't see why you should not consider using= =20 > what works best. >=20 > As someone who has had to use Redhat for over a year because that is what= =20 > this job uses... I would trade some performance for not having to deal wi= th=20 > all the peculiarities in Linux distros. >=20 > Also=2C as mentioned in the slashdot article discussion=2C some of the re= asons=20 > Linux may do better on some operations are a tradeoff between=20 > stability/security and speed. >=20 > http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3D1384455 >=20 > >From having to use Linux I have found some instances where FreeBSD may n= o=20 > not be up to par (ie Java)=2C but overall I would much rather use FreeBSD= if I=20 > had a choice. "Features" like the OOM killer are=2C in my opinion=2C extr= emely=20 > poorly designed and likely worst executed.=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =0A= _________________________________________________________________=0A= Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends=2C in one place.=0A= http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9660826=
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