Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:20:17 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD - A User's Point of View Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990125091859.2535H-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990123030913.20784A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Konrad Heuer wrote: > My current arguments (of different quality) for FreeBSD are: > > 1. FreeBSD has an excellent pedigree. > 2. For someome who has experiences with SunOS, Ultrix etc. FreeBSD is > more familiar. > 3. Linux is a kernel plus distributor's work, FreeBSD is a complete > operating system. > 4. Linux NFS performance is bad. > 5. Linux process scheduling algorithm is worse than that of FreeBSD if > system load is high. > 6. As far as I've observed, the virtual memory system of FreeBSD > behaves better. > 7. The Linux kernel has internal limits (e.g. max number of open > files) which may cause troubles on bigger systems. I enjoyed reading your mail, but just one point. Knocking Linux doesn't constitute "..arguments for FreeBSD". Point #4, as some will tell you isn't something we excel at (at least in the past) - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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