[huskerlug] Re: From Linux to FreeBSD: A FreeBSD Review - OSNews.com
- From: Steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 21:00:31 -0600
> > I would suggest you read the comments with the
> > articles, I found installing=20
> > FreeBSD challenging. I regret I took it off the
> > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3D5106
> >=20
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
the FreeBSD VM. Where Linux would often thrash under extremely high loads
and become unresponsive (to the point that you couldn't even log in), FreeBSD
would just chug along slowly but surely. However, from about 2.4.18ish on,
the Linux VM has really come into its own and works quite well. Also, the
2.4.x, the TCP/IP stack has improved significantly over the 2.2 series and
provides some stiff competition for FreeBSD.
Since the 2.6 kernel implements Rik's rmap VM code, it really flies even under
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,
Gentoo...), so many have already seen the benefits of it.
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
still constantly improving just like Linux, but it doesn't have as large of a
developer community as Linux and thus doesn't tend to progress as quickly.
Steve
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