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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE available

Posted Feb 28, 2008 15:59 UTC (Thu) by superstoned (subscriber, #33164)
Parent article: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE available

> When compared with the best performing Linux kernel (2.6.22 or 2.6.24) 
performance is 15% better.

Looks like a lovely teaser. Good thing to set the bar a little higher :D

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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE available

Posted Feb 28, 2008 18:37 UTC (Thu) by cpeterso (guest, #305) [Link]

Give the Linux guys a day or two. I'm someone will submit a patch to LKML to address the
problem. :)

Joking aside, when faced with quantifiable benchmarks, the Linux kernel devs respond well.
It's a win-win situation.