Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 08:39:13 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@root.com> To: ALHACK@am.pnu.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Caldera Linux Message-ID: <199607031539.IAA00359@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jul 1996 11:01:43 EDT." <1da8cba0@am.pnu.com>
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>I have been impressed by the performance response of your site, especially >since the hardware is a 90MHz Pentium. The philosophy followed by the >development team makes a lot of sense. > >Aside from possible religious issues in either of these two camps, are there >performance characteristics, supported equipment list, or stability issues >that would make FreeBSD the OS of choice over Caldera Linux? I don't know if anyone has done a specific performance comparison between Caldera Linux and FreeBSD, but there have been some comparisons between FreeBSD and Linux in general. We've worked hard to improve performance in our current development branch, and most if not all of the commonly used benchmarks now perform better on FreeBSD than Linux. For stability, I think you'll find that the soon to be released FreeBSD 2.1.5 will beat just about any Unix variant (not just Linux) for typical applications. 2.1.5 is a stability release that is based on the 2.1.0 development branch. It doesn't have some of the performance improvements that have been made recently, but it still performs exceptionally well - especially in the area of networking. >Regarding applications, are you aware of growing ISV support for FreeBSD? >Are you aware of any plans by anyone for a SunSoft Wabi port to run Windows >apps? Or something similar to Cadera's Office Suite? I'll leave these questions for other people to answer. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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