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Re: Comparison of Linux and FreeBSD
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