Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:23:56 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> Cc: greg strockbine <gstrock@dpc.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack - win98 vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990407172159.-90589F-100000@bb-b1-11a> In-Reply-To: <19990407123222.P19144@cpl.net>
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> > This is my first experience running any Unix on my home > > pc. For a developer its pretty nice, very easy to > > install one of the ported apps. But for an ordinary > > end user its not turnkey enough. > > I've noticed this as well. Not only do pages load faster, Netscape in > general seems much snappier. This was Win95 though, can't say for 98. I > think FreeBSD is just better/faster overall than any MS product. :) My home network consists of a Win95 box, a Linux Sparc Station and two or three various FreeBSD boxes. Of them all, FreeBSD seems much snappier. I can also tell when Netscape is launched on the 95 box... it slows everything down. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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