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NetBSD-Current Gets SMP

Posted by timothy on from the build-a-bigger-box dept.

MobyTurbo writes "NetBSD-current for the i386 architecture now has SMP. (It used to be that only FreeBSD had this feature among the free BSDs.) See the announcement on the current-users mailing list."

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  1. bad news for Linux? by tps12 · · Score: 0, Troll

    While it is always good to see new features available on free OSes, I'm concerned that NetBSD's SMP might affect Linux adversely. Linux's advantage over the *BSDs has always been that it has more cutting-edge features like SMP, preemptive kernel threads, strong math emulation, and journaling filesystems. These features are required in enterprise applications, so many sysadmins choose Linux, despite it's cobbled-together nature and lack of good support, simply because *BSD can't compete. It now appears that the *BSDs are catching up. Sadly, we may see a flash flood of business customers moving to NetBSD. I would recommend selling any Debian stock you stil have lying around.

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