&gt; Sorry if I sound mean, but this is just a long apologist post about how things are just so hard. Really? Why? Why can&#x27;t Linux match BSD&#x27;s performance?<p>Mostly I just wish you&#x27;d read it again: you appear to have missed the part where I said that this is a real problem which needed working on.<p>The point I was making is that it&#x27;s not a problem for most Linux users. Linux includes millions of devices attached to sub-100Mb networks but even if you want to look solely at things in modern data centers ask yourself how many of them are running network-limited applications or are providing services to internet users over an uplink which is actually fast enough to stress modern hardware. For all but the most demanding users the Linux vs. BSD decision will be made on other factors.