From: kevin@taronga.taronga.com (Kevin Brown) Subject: Re: Crashme and Linux Date: 28 Jun 1992 22:12:01 GMT
In article <qSO1Dd53V1o@catzen.GUN.de> scot@catzen.GUN.de writes:
>Hi,
>
>The German computer magazine iX has an article on the crashme program
>used to test (well, hopefully) the stability of Unix systems. Of the
>20 tested systems, only three didn't crash: Esix V4.0.3, Sun SPARC
>as of OS 4.1.2, and - Linux V0.95 =8). The list of those who bit the
>cybernetic dust includes names like Coherent, AIX, Ultrix...
>
>Nice work, Linus =8)!
Since I've been playing with Linux (past few days), I haven't had any problems
with it whatsoever. It's as stable as a rock, even when you throw numerous
gcc processes at it simultaneously.
But the above is *most* impressive. Even better is the fact that the kernel
is relatively small (especially when you consider what it's capable of doing),
fast, etc. It's certainly much more responsive than Minix ever was, even
when I had a reasonable scheduler installed in it (Linux will be even more
responsive when Drew finishes up the fast interrupt-driven SCSI driver).
Linus and the rest of you who have contributed to Linux have done a kick-ass
job, and I think you all deserve a round (or two!) of applause...
> A television is just an illiterate computer monitor.
> Scot W. Stevenson scot@catzen.GUN.de Essen, Germany
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Kevin Brown (kevin@taronga.taronga.com)