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Re: Comparison of Linux and FreeBSD
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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