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Re: FreeBSD ate my RAM

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Post by shevy-java »

jmclnx wrote: post #2

Interesting post, it made me wonder. At one time FreeBSD swap usage/logic was far better than what Linux did. Is that still the case ?

I remember how NetBSD promoted itself as running on many more toasters than Linux once.

Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.)

These fights always remind me of:

https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html

It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of evaluate it a bit differently, e. g. my summary is "momentum beats academic perfection". Which is not completely what it is about, but it is my own imperfect TL;DR summary.

Re: FreeBSD ate my RAM

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Post by post-it »

m463 wrote: post #4

the end struck me - a picture of an os book. I wonder if students these days retain their books after college, or do they get returned as a rental?

I bought as few textbooks as I could, but the few that I did buy are sitting in my parents' basement bookshelves somewhere.

Re: FreeBSD ate my RAM

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Post by bee_rider »

shevy-java wrote: post #11
jmclnx wrote: post #2

Interesting post, it made me wonder. At one time FreeBSD swap usage/logic was far better than what Linux did. Is that still the case ?

I remember how NetBSD promoted itself as running on many more toasters than Linux once. Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.) These fights always remind me of: https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of eval…

This basically fits my stereotype of BSD being a little bit more hardcore while Linux is a little more accessible… when the question was “can you install an OS on a toaster,” BSD had an advantage. Now that normal engineers have to make IOT toasters (for some reason) Linux should have the advantage, right?

Re: FreeBSD ate my RAM

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Post by sublinear »

bee_rider wrote: post #17
shevy-java wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember how NetBSD promoted itself as running on many more toasters than Linux once. Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.) These fights always remind me of: https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of eval…

This basically fits my stereotype of BSD being a little bit more hardcore while Linux is a little more accessible… when the question was “can you install an OS on a toaster,” BSD had an advantage. Now that normal engineers have to make IOT toasters (for some reason) Linux should have the advantage, right?

Normal engineers don't do that either.

Re: FreeBSD ate my RAM

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Post by Levitating »

shevy-java wrote: post #11
jmclnx wrote: post #2

Interesting post, it made me wonder. At one time FreeBSD swap usage/logic was far better than what Linux did. Is that still the case ?

I remember how NetBSD promoted itself as running on many more toasters than Linux once. Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.) These fights always remind me of: https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of eval…

why did that url point me to a scrotum in an egg cup
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