From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 20 01:46:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA18223 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:46:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thrush.omix.com (thrush.omix.com [206.40.77.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA18218 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:46:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from byron@thrush.omix.com) Received: (from byron@localhost) by thrush.omix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA07487; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:56:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from byron) Message-Id: <199808200856.BAA07487@thrush.omix.com> Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD (performances) In-Reply-To: from Didier Derny at "Aug 20, 98 10:34:54 am" To: didier@omnix.net (Didier Derny) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Cc: zenin@archive.rhps.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, support@yard.de From: byron@omix.com (Byron Brummer) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > when I'm running FreeBSD and Linux on the same machine (Pentium II) > on this application, FreeBSD is 3.5 times faster than Linux Could be any number of things. The VM comes to mind quickly, as the FreeBSD VM is quite a bit more advanced then the Linux VM, even if it is swap hungry (trade off for performance). Or, it could just be that someone has had more time to tune the BSD port then the Linux port. -- -Zenin (zenin@archive.rhps.org) From The Blue Camel we learn: BSD: A psychoactive drug, popular in the 80s, probably developed at UC Berkeley or thereabouts. Similar in many ways to the prescription-only medication called "System V", but infinitely more useful. (Or, at least, more fun.) The full chemical name is "Berkeley Standard Distribution". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message