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Re: Comparison of Linux and FreeBSD
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Ben Nes Michael wrote:
Walla ?? I bet he didn't notice ...... ;)
--Ariel
> Alexander this FreeBSD Q is about cool as temperature and not cool as "good
> system"
>
> Alexander Indenbaum wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Daniel Feiglin wrote:
> >
> > > At the risk of starting a religious war:
> > >
> > > Has anyone done a detailed comparison of Linux and FreeBSD?
> > >
> >
> > >From FreeBSD FAQ ( http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ )
> >
> > 12.8. How cool is FreeBSD?
> >
> > Q. Has anyone done any temperature testing while running FreeBSD? I know
> > Linux runs cooler than dos, but have
> > never seen a mention of FreeBSD. It seems to run really hot.
> >
> > A. No, but we have done numerous taste tests on blindfolded volunteers who
> > have also had 250 micrograms of LSD-25
> > administered beforehand. 35% of the volunteers said that FreeBSD tasted
> > sort of orange, whereas Linux tasted like
> > purple haze. Neither group mentioned any particular variances in
> > temperature that I can remember. We eventually
> > had to throw the results of this survey out entirely anyway when we found
> > that too many volunteers were wandering
> > out of the room during the tests, thus skewing the results. I think most
> > of the volunteers are at Apple now, working on
> > their new ``scratch and sniff'' GUI. It's a funny old business we're in!
> >
> > Seriously, both FreeBSD and Linux use the ``HLT'' (halt) instruction when
> > the system is idle thus lowering its energy
> > consumption and therefore the heat it generates. Also if you have APM
> > (automatic power management) configured,
> > then FreeBSD can also put the CPU into a low power mode.
> >
> > Alexander Indenbaum
> > baum@actcom.co.il
>
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