Re: [GENERAL] linux/bsd

2001-04-09 Thread Justin Clift
Hi Marc, No argument there. Solaris 8 is a LOT better then previous versions in regards to driver support, but still a long way behind *BSD, linux, Windows, etc. BUT, if you've got hardware it DOES work on... it's really nice. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift The Hermit Hacker wrote: >

Re: [GENERAL] linux/bsd

2001-04-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Richard Boyes writes: > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. More important things to worry about are a fast disk, a modern file system, lots of memory, lots of CPU. The operating system ends up being a matter of taste mostly. -- P

Re: [GENERAL] linux/bsd

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:00:04AM +1200, Richard Boyes wrote: > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. As far as PG is concerned, it doesn't really matter; PG will run very nicely on any unix. In my experience, Sun's machines have bet