Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:33:05 -0800 (PST) From: John Dyson <dyson> To: brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com (Brandon Gillespie) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! Message-ID: <199603061833.KAA11683@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960306093301.3261A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com> from "Brandon Gillespie" at Mar 6, 96 09:35:01 am
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> > As far as raw benchmarks go, I'd suggest anybody who is about to install > FreeBSD install Linux first, run some benchmarks, record them (smile), > and then install FreeBSD and do the same. That way we can get > comparisons on the _SAME HARDWARE_. There is a stray IDE HD laying > around my office, I may take that and do said experiment on my own > workstation. Collecting this sort of comparison is what we need. > Comparing 'nearly-the-same' computer just doesn't cut it--too much is left > open for debate. > I agree, all of the Linux/FreeBSD benchmarks that I have posted have been on the same hardware. I have a Linux partition always bootable, with a spare partition that can be EXT2FS or FFS at will. I am not unbiased however, but that is how I make sure that FreeBSD is not falling behind in the areas that I work on. John
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