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PPC Linux vs. Mac OS X Server: Linux Edges Out

Posted by michael on from the blame-it-on-the-gui dept.

Spencerian writes "Mac OS X is a very promising new BSD variant, but how does it rate as a server? Byte.com writer Moshe Bar has made an extensively balanced performance comparison of Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 versus SuSE Linux PPC with the 2.4.19 kernel. Both operating systems ran on the same hardware: an Xserve 1U rack mount server from Apple. While /.ers may guess (correctly) at his results, Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 wasn't as far behind the curve as you might think. Performance might've been better if Moshe had Mac OS X Server 10.2, with its faster GUI and other enhancements, but still, it appears that Mac OS X Server 10.1 was doing pretty good for a 1-year old."

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  1. Eff Pee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you very much.

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post...NOT

  3. The article is also on Yahoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    here

  4. Sen Wellstone was a corrupt hypocrite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The late liberal Democratic asshole Wellstone was an unprincipaled jerk. He promised to "serve" I mean screw the country for two terms only. He went against his promise and ran for a third term in a typical power hungry move. The country will not miss that scumbag who did his utmost to ruin this country's security. His family has refused the vice president gracious request to attend the dead liberal's memorial service. What an ungrateful bunch they are. Rot in hell Wellstone.

  5. Ooh! I actually found the google cache! by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:e5XcyRMpN5wC: www.byte.com/documents/s%3D7692/byt1035828368066/1 028_bar.html+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

    Very interesting read... the Mac actually wins against all.

  6. I need a BIG bowl of tasty Man-Chowder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    CmdrTaco still raping little brown skinned Mexican boys

  7. Moshe Bar! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I had a Moshe Bar with lunch today.

    They're fantastic. Especially the nougat center.

  8. I would love to touch Terry Hillson's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    sexy pantyhosed legs. Yum Yum

  9. Re:Mirror by gurple · · Score: -1, Troll

    Jackass

    --
    -- We've secretly replaced his regular signature with Folgers Crystals®
  10. Thank you Jay and Silent Bob! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Mother, Motherufck, Mother, Motherfuck, Motherfuck, Motherfuck,Mother, Mother, Fuck, Fuck, Noige, Noige, Noige, 1.2.3.. Smoking Weed, Smoking Weed, Smoking Weed Weed Weed, Doing Coke, Drinking Beers, Rolling Fatties, Smoking Blunts, Who smokes the blunts? We smoke the Blunts. Rolling Blunts and Smoking Blunts, Hey can I have a Dime Bag.... 15 bucks little man, put that shit in my hand.

  11. George Bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Our fearless leader. God bless him!

  12. Re:Grammar by jericho4.0 · · Score: 1, Troll
    And posting to correct grammer or spelling (as an AC or not) is for those 8-year olds that think they have something to add.

    What do you call a white guy who only speaks one language? American.

    Not everyone has gone got an english education.

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    "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
  13. Bunch of idiots... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The story is a hoax as Linux 2.4.19 wont boot on an XServe.