On Wednesday 08 March 2006 11:59, Happy Kamote Foundation wrote: > On 3/3/06, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heya Melvin! :D > > > > On 3/3/06, Melvin Dave Vivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But why install Linux in it since Mac OS X is a nice OS? Unix din naman > > > diba. BSD pa nga. > > > > Good question. One good answer: because Linux has better hardware > > than most BSD-ish systems, Mac OS X included. Not to mention the fact > > that many Linux distros are FOSS, while Mac OS X isn't. But then > > again, I could be wrogn... > > and a "good" comment about "better" support for hardware. i don't mean > to start a flamewar but afaik almost "better" linux hardware support > are half-baked (even on other archs like i386). > > still on "better" hardware support. i haven't seen any linux driver > that can beat openbsd's lsi/ami raid driver. maybe on other drivers, > mas ok ang driver ng linux but then again, let's admit the fact that > some linux drivers on the base kernel simply sucks. (sorry to say this > but it does)
The wireless drivers found in OpenBSD are among the best I've seen so far. There's already work underway to do that in Linux (with the inclusion of libieee80211) but that'll take time. As for some in-kernel functionality in the BSD's, some still do suck (SMP for instance, although they just got the BKL removed in FreeBSD lately). The good thing though is that there's fair amount of innovation occuring in the Unix-based operating systems. Competition is good. And best of all, they're all free! :D > technically, linux can't beat mac os x in macppc platform! since > macosx is specifically written for that piece of hardware. As far as > Commercial concerns, Apple release their kernel as FOSS, however due > to the technicality of users who want their operating system to be > stable as well as easy to use, easy to manage, and no problems with > installation of drivers et.al. users have to pay for it. Sulit naman > eh, and very much stable. MacOSx is the way to go for ppc. Huh? MacOSX raw performance sucks compared to Linux! That has been confirmed over and over again by many independent experts. Consider that MacOSX is just a BSD kernel personality sitting on top of a Mach microkernel - that itself imposes performance penalties due to IPC issues. Contrast this with a monolithic kernel wherein there's no need for IPCs. Linux on the PowerPC 970 (FX/MP) drives the hardware further compared to Darwin/MacOSX. Of course, you don't intend to use MacOSX as a server. Fine... -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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