From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 17 11:42:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from crcst353.netaddress.usa.net (crcst353.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.23.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CDD837B767 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:42:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j_mckitrick@usa.net) Received: (qmail 11869 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2000 18:27:41 -0000 Received: from nwcst267.netaddress.usa.net (204.68.23.12) by outbound.netaddress.usa.net with SMTP; 17 Feb 2000 18:27:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 20026 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Feb 2000 18:27:41 -0000 Message-ID: <20000217182741.20025.qmail@nwcst267.netaddress.usa.net> Received: from 204.68.23.12 by nwcst267 for [12.26.12.71] via web-mailer(M3.4.0.33) on Thu Feb 17 18:27:41 GMT 2000 Date: 17 Feb 00 11:27:41 MST From: Jonathon McKitrick To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: BSD vs Linux comments X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (M3.4.0.33) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org After mentioning to some Linux 'hackers' (not the negative connotation) t= hat i run BSD, here was the response i got. Although this debate has been goin= g on for some time, these were some unique observations. I do not know how tr= ue they are, however. Any thoughts?? -------------------------------------------- The matter of stability between Linux and FreeBSD (just to pick a BSD, it= could be Net BSDi or Open, ect..) has been going on for quite some time. = For a while it was all about the innate stability, then linux got better... BSD= stayed the same, basically unchanged since 4.4BSD Lite. = Then the issue was IP Stacks, BSD has a more stable IP stack than the 2.0= =2E* series kernel. Then Linux got better, 2.2.* came out and the IP stack was= revamped and as stable as BSD's .... and BSD stayed the same, basically unchanged since 4.4BSD Lite. = Then there was the issue of 'innate' superiority of BSD over SysV unix. A= nd POSIX kinda kicked BSD's a$$, heh. And Linux ganked ideas from both sides= , so Linux changed and got better... and BSD stayed the same, basically unchan= ged since 4.4BSD Lite. = Now, from this brief and cursory overview what can we see, hmmmmm?? :) It= looks a lot like for people who think that computing reached its pinnacle= of perfection in the 80's and early 90's... BSD is the way to go... those of= us who are pushing for the latest Intel 1.5 Ghz box and want a volitile comp= uting environment should stick to Linux. = ------------------------------------------------------ Obviously BSD *has* changed, but is there merit to any of these comments?= ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message