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Subject: Re: FreeBSD performing worse than Linux?
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From a pure networking standpoint, Freebsd 4.4 outperforms linux 2.4.x by 
about 20%. The TCP stack not withstanding. Linux has serious problems with 
raw networking, and almost all of the ethernet drivers are suspect.

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