After I got past the fact that the CD-ROM drive that worked with FreeBSD did NOT work with RH Linux. The CDROM was a 1xspeed Apple
I don't know what you were doing wrong, but the 1x speed Apple (CD-150) has worked flawlessly with every Linux kernel I've tried since 0.99pl7, and with at least three different types of SCSI card (Adaptec, Future Domain and NCR/Symbios). I don't know how could it not work, its a pretty bog simple SCSI-1 Sony mechanism. As for 3Com support, the 3C905 is most definitely supported under Linux, and has been for a long time. I know of quite a number of people who use that type of card with Linux in machines that are running 24x7. Personally I prefer the Bay Networks NetGear FA310TX (especially at 1/2 the price), but the 3C905 is in general a reliable if not stellar performer with Linux. Are you sure that the card didn't just fail? If so, its kinda a stretch to blame that on Linux. Intel EtherExpress Pro's on the other hand, I have heard of more problems with (bus mastering arbitration problems mostly) -- and those problems affect even MS-DOS/Windows.
I've not tried FreeBSD recently, but I tried NetBSD recently only to find it difficult to get a WD8013 card to work that autodetects fine under Linux. The supported hardware lists for the *BSD's are also much shorter than Linux and I don't know how you can dispute that. I'm not saying that Linux's hardware support is perfect, but it seems to be more comprehensive than the *BSDs right now.
Re:Uninformed Knob. WAS Re:"Technical superiority" (Score:2)
I don't know what you were doing wrong, but the 1x speed Apple (CD-150) has worked flawlessly with every Linux kernel I've tried since 0.99pl7, and with at least three different types of SCSI card (Adaptec, Future Domain and NCR/Symbios). I don't know how could it not work, its a pretty bog simple SCSI-1 Sony mechanism.
As for 3Com support, the 3C905 is most definitely supported under Linux, and has been for a long time. I know of quite a number of people who use that type of card with Linux in machines that are running 24x7. Personally I prefer the Bay Networks NetGear FA310TX (especially at 1/2 the price), but the 3C905 is in general a reliable if not stellar performer with Linux. Are you sure that the card didn't just fail? If so, its kinda a stretch to blame that on Linux.
Intel EtherExpress Pro's on the other hand, I have heard of more problems with (bus mastering arbitration problems mostly) -- and those problems affect even MS-DOS/Windows.
I've not tried FreeBSD recently, but I tried NetBSD recently only to find it difficult to get a WD8013 card to work that autodetects fine under Linux. The supported hardware lists for the *BSD's are also much shorter than Linux and I don't know how you can dispute that. I'm not saying that Linux's hardware support is perfect, but it seems to be more comprehensive than the *BSDs right now.