I haven't found any significant memory issues with this. Staticly linked binaries are faster initially because they don't have to load support libraries. FreeBSD now uses TCSH/CSH as the root shell (before it was just CSH). I have nothing but good things to say about FreeBSD's performance. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Kochie" <ben at nerp.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22179] freeBSD > > > Why don't you go to http://www.freebsd.com and have a look. I for one can > > say that certain things about FreeBSD are far more mature than Linux. > > > > I will give one point - all binaries in /bin and /sbin are statically > > linked, thus the system will always boot - even without the C libraries. To > > make such a distribution on Linux is problematic - because it is all based > > upon GNU source code - and some of the binaries from a single package reside > > in both /bin and /usr/bin for instance. So the same package would have to > > be compiled twice and only the relevent binaries copied. > i think that's more distro dependant.. but i have had very few library > booting problems before, and I'd much rather have /bin/bash dynamicaly > linked to save memory. I do keep a copy of staticaly linked /bin/ash > around for emergency fixing. but i rarely have to use it. > > > > > Also, the kernel is organized in a much different manner. I think the Linux > > kernel source is far easier to read and understand, but it is not as > > efficient as the BSD kernel. That is changing every day and the two are > > getting closer. > also, last time i checked, the BSD kernel is not support dynamic modules, > if you need to make changes, you will have to recompile the whole thing, > and reboot. > > > > > Linux still supports more hardware - but the gap is nearly closed on that > > one (and out of the box - before kernel patches - FreeBSD may have Linux > > beat). > linux and BSD have been sharing device drivers, and kernel code for a > while now. linux took from the BSD networking code, improved on it, now > linux has a very fast networkign stack. BSD has taken many device drivers > from linux, Iomega Zip paralell driver comes to mind. To me, this is a > good thing, sharing code is what open souce is about. > > > > > If you have UltraDMA storage hardware, you can't beat FreeBSD. Linux does > > not have the ATA chipset support (with or without hendrick's patches) that > > FreeBSD has. > I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about, from my understanding > FreeBSD has allways had lackluster IDE support. as far as DMA mode, most > distros leave DMA mode disabled by default for compatability reasons. a > simple /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda turns on DMA support, making things MUCH > faster > > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Opp" <cop7586 at hotmail.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:25 AM > > Subject: [TCLUG:22179] freeBSD > > > > > > > > > > > > > Got a quick question- > > > > > > I was at the store last night and I saw freeBSD software being sold. It > > > grabbed my attention so I picked up the box and looked it over. Too my > > > amazement it looks similiar to Linux. How is BSD different from Linux? > > From > > > what I read on the box it didn't look like much. I guess that there is > > > probably more than meets the eye with this, so could someone please > > > elaborate for me? I think it was version 4.4.x or something. It had KDE > > and > > > I think GNOME and many of the same tools and programs as the popular > > linux > > > distributions. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris Opp > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org