By VM you mean Virtual memory? If so then hardware has played a role in this. Even if Linux suffered = from the same fits as before the hardware has/would of come along to help it = out. During the 2.2 era RAM prices where high and boards that support lots of = RAM very costly, however today RAM is very cheap (in comparison) and boards = that support 4G are common. Plus RAM has gotten faster along with the CPUs meaning VM plays less of a role in system performance then it used to. Be interesting to see the same test ran before done on a newer system = just to see how much the hardware has help vs. code changes. But I laugh my alpha system's 2 CPUs L2 cache combined is the same as = one of our production 2.2 Linux systems. Amount of RAM used to be a big deal = now the speed of it matters way more than size funny how things change. I think there is more to argue over which Distro to use in Linux then = Linux as a whole vs. FreeBSD in the way of features performance and = functionality in their current states. Think of it more as a choice between salad or = soup on the side than beef or chicken as the main course. :) The chain of thought I put into deciding an OS for a system is Windows or *nix? If *nix: BSD or Linux? If Linux: RPM, deb or Scratch? Etc, etc you get the idea, just go thru the motions comparing until one remains. I meant to put this in my last reply, not to start a flame war or huge debate on the topic but ratter to show that it's more a matter of = personal choice on which OS you choose and why. http://www.linuxisforbitches.com/ Like I said Salad or soup... And it seems some people are just big fans = of one and stick with it. Me I like variety so I'll continue to dabble in both. -----Original Message----- From: huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:01 PM To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [huskerlug] Re: From Linux to FreeBSD: A FreeBSD Review - OSNews.com FreeBSD used to have some real advantages over Linux, especially under = heavy load and the TCP/IP stack performance. Matt Dillon did an excellent job with=20 the FreeBSD VM. Where Linux would often thrash under extremely high = loads=20 and become unresponsive (to the point that you couldn't even log in), FreeBSD=20 would just chug along slowly but surely. However, from about 2.4.18ish = on,=20 the Linux VM has really come into its own and works quite well. Also, = the=20 2.4.x, the TCP/IP stack has improved significantly over the 2.2 series = and=20 provides some stiff competition for FreeBSD. Since the 2.6 kernel implements Rik's rmap VM code, it really flies even under=20 heavy loads (Rik has conversed with Matt about VM performance). = Several of the distro's backported this code to the 2.4 kernel (Suse, Redhat,=20 Gentoo...), so many have already seen the benefits of it. =20 I haven't seen any recent benchmarks, but I doubt FreeBSD has these same = advantages over Linux that it used to have. FreeBSD is a great OS, and = is=20 still constantly improving just like Linux, but it doesn't have as large = of a=20 developer community as Linux and thus doesn't tend to progress as = quickly. Steve ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE