I wouldn't say 8 to 10 years. A major bug in Linux's default congestion control algorithm was only fixed just last year: https://bitsup.blogspot.com.au/2015/09

I wouldn't say 8 to 10 years. A major bug in Linux's default congestion control algorithm was only fixed just last year: https://bitsup.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/thanks-google-tcp-team-for-open-source.html https://bitsup.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/thanks-google-tcp-tea... Linux is the platform of choice for bufferbloat research, although FreeBSD isn't far behind in adopting the results of it: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ipfw/2016-April/006154.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ipfw/2016-April/...