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Byte: FreeBSD vs Linux Revisited

Posted by michael on from the no-holds-barred dept.

Beerwolff writes: "This time I have remembered the link to the Byte article that's a follow-up to two of Moshe Bar's previous articles comparing FreeBSD and Linux--This time with the new Linux VM. His Apache "results show that Linux is better at handling I/O cache than FreeBSD, and that FreeBSD is more efficient at building up and tearing down processes."" As usual, please take benchmarks with a grain of salt, caveat emptor, look before you leap, and so forth.

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  1. Linux has caught up. by wbattestilli · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is going to piss some BSD fan off....

    BSD was a better server. I have always regarded it as the best "under heavy load" server out there. I think that they are about equal now. Linux is currently about the fastest moving target of any major OS. From this I can infer that Linux will be the superior server OS in the near future.

    I actually don't know if the above it true, but it seems resonable. I welcome informed flames.

  2. Re:What about mascots? by nickjennings · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can't believe you people. His name is 'Chuck' ... got that? Chuck!

    On a side note:

    Server OS: Debian & BSD
    Workstation: Debian

    apt-get >= ports

    Hmm, can you say DEBIAN?

  3. Re:I made the switch by ryanvm · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ...too labor intensive for a one person admin team.

    What the hell is a "one person admin team"? ;-)