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Subject: Re: Advice
To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 14:56:47 -0700 (PDT)
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A couple of points to add..
> 
> On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, GREG CASTELLUCCI wrote:
> 
> A feature of FreeBSD, our ports collection, make building applications 
> incredibly simple, and the collection is _huge_.  On the other hand, 
> Linux seems to have a larger base of software written specifically for 
> it.  Maybe more commercial applications, altho we are getting 
> compatibility for that, even as I type this (mostly in place or in test).
(meaning that we can run linux programs so anything written for them is
ok by us)
> 
> Linux's filesystem might be somewhat faster.  FreeBSD's filesystem code 
> has taken a deliberate move toward extra safety at some loss in speed.  I 
> can shut my machine off right now, and be much less likely to suffer any 
> filesystem damage at all.  Ask a Linux user about lost files from power 
> outages.  I've lost one file in 18 months (hardware problem).
we have linux filesystem code coming on line too in a short while..
> 
> All in all, the differences aren't large, and anyone who tells you that 
> one is MUCH better than the other is either misinformed or untrustworthy.
> The differences are more in style than anything else.
> 
>