From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 28 20: 2:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.hiwaay.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D6A37B737 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:02:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-71-40.dialup.hiwaay.net [216.180.71.40]) by mail.hiwaay.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e6T326j05526; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:02:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA81722; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:24:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <200007290224.VAA81722@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: j mckitrick Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Linux kernel and FreeBSD neck and neck? In-reply-to: Message from j mckitrick of "Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:47:27 BST." <20000728124727.A58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:24:24 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org j mckitrick writes: > > I recently read than the linux 2.2 kernel pretty much evened the TCP/IP > performance difference between Linux and BSD. Now i read somewhere that the > 2.4 kernel is expected to match BSD pretty much across the board. I recently read Bill Clinton balanced the federal budget over Congress's dead body, put an end to war, reduced all women to equality, and invented a toothpaste that makes teeth whiter. Al Gore had nothing to do with the above, he was busy inventing the internet, optimized Chinese financial resources, and nursed the Snail Darter back from the endangered species list. Not to mention all the Elvis sightings. Microsoft would never lie, they have been saying for years that NT is faster, better, more secure, more reliable, etc, than Unix. The best adivce I've read came from fortune(6): Don't read everything you believe. To which we can add the obvious: Don't believe everything you read. As to whether or not FreeBSD or Linux is bestest? Try both for yourself. If you can't measure or quantify a difference the way you use a computer, then it doesn't matter. IMHO: FreeBSD people are nicer to hang out with and have a better sense of humor than Linux people. :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message