From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 25 12:54:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFE416A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:54:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D40543D4C for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:54:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from [192.168.2.100] (adsl-67-36-63-31.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [67.36.63.31]) (authenticated bits=0)ESMTP id i3PJsswP081222; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:54:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) In-Reply-To: <20040425184940.GC69011@freebsd.jolok.org> References: <6.1.0.6.2.20040425074131.00bd1f68@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20040425184940.GC69011@freebsd.jolok.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <66946658-96F2-11D8-8BE8-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lucas Holt Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:54:45 -0400 To: Joshua Lokken X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.70-rc, clamav-milter version 0.70 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: "J.D. Bronson" Subject: Re: comparison to solaris9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:54:58 -0000 > First, I am not an expert. Second, I have little Solaris experience. > I > have,however, run FreeBSD 5.2.1 and solaris9 x86 on the same hardware. > I had never seen the nickname 'Slowlaris' before that, but I came to > appreciate it ;) Solaris advocates used to say that it was slow on uniprocessor systems. I think freebsd 5.2.1 through that out the window. (because of SMP kernels) I haven't used solaris 9 x86, but i have seen *bsd vs solaris 7 and 8 on x86 hardware. Solaris is a tad bit slow. In fact, its not just ia32 hardware. I had an old sparc that came with solaris and i put NetBSD on it. NetBSD was easily twice as fast. (not sparc64) It was a sun sparcstation IPC. (25mhz) The only advantage to using solaris is you don't have to go through all the hoops to get a native jdk. :) Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'I try to think but nothing happens' -- Homer Jay Simpson