From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 29 21:07:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA24994 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:07:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.sta.adelphia.net (alpha.sta.adelphia.net [24.48.10.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA24954 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:06:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from missmanp@adelphia.net) Received: from missmanp.sta.adelphia.net (surf133.sta.adelphia.net [24.48.11.133] (may be forged)) by alpha.sta.adelphia.net (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA12332; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:07:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Paul Missman" To: "William Woods" , "John Kelly" Cc: "Yves Holzgen" , Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus LINUX Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:08:10 -0400 Message-ID: <01bd73ed$96c6db60$0525a8c0@missmanp.sta.adelphia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here is one answer: On one network, about 1976, we used to have about 20 Linux boxes. However, after a change in the Linux network software for some other improvements, if I remember correctly, we started having problems. Everything would be fine up to about 250 client connections per box. After that, the OS would become unstable, drop connections, etc. Fixing those problems was a low priority with the Linux folks at the time, so we switched all the Linux boxes to FreeBSD. No problems after that. So, if you had large numbers of TCP/IP connections per box, FreeBSD became the way to go Paul Missman P.S. Linux may have since corrected those problems, but I don't think we are going to switch back now. >> > >I am kinda interested in the answer too....I just switched to FreeBSD but would >like a little more realistic answer......I know lots of professionals that use >linux.......how about some REAL differences. > >> > >> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:10:58 +0200, "Yves Holzgen" >> wrote: >> >> >We already use LINUX system. What are the main difference between Linux and >> >freeBSD ? >> >> "Amateurs like Linux, but professionals prefer FreeBSD." >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message