Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:19:09 -0400 From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@unios.dhs.org> To: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Article in Information Security Magazine Message-ID: <3B25983D.AB73280D@unios.dhs.org> References: <3B25310D.2E6571B@globalstar.com>
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I really have nothing to add to this discussion other than a "Me too". I was a die hard Linux fan for many years, having started with Slackware (when it was brand new), moving eventually to Debian. About two years ago I was struggling with IPChains to get some internet sharing setup for my home Lan, and a guy in a Linux help channel (Debian help chan of all places!) told me to give FreeBSD a try. I installed it, messed with it for a bit... and never looked back. FreeBSD is my first choice for any server I have to setup and administrate (over 20 now :). Some random advocacy (good place to post I hope :) I administer and develop on a FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE server where I work, which is the primary production database/web app server (PHP + MySQL). It's a P3-667 Dell Optiplex GX110 with 256 megs of RAM, it handles over 680 lan users simultaneously and has a whopping 220 days of uptime as of today. That's over 5000 hours of continuos service. The development team has done some truly, truly, stupid things while developing yet somehow the OS never misses a beat, never crashes, never stops serving. Crist Clark wrote: > > I just got my hardcopy of May's Information Security Magazine and noticed > an article on the *BSDs. The article can be found on the web at, > > http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/may01/features_os_security.shtml > > Nothing new there that people on these lists wouldn't already know... > Though I'm sure some people may have comments about the "genealogy" of > BSD presented. > > One interesting off-hand remark I saw, > > "Though BSD has been around much longer, Linux has been hogging the > spotlight over the last few years. This isn't such a bad thing, as many > computer professionals seeking an alterative to Windows start with > Linux and eventually move on the BSD." > > The author, Pete Loshin, makes is sound as if a *BSD is the natural > progression from using a Linux flavor. Thinking about it, I do notice > a lot of people on *BSD mail lists who say they used to use Linux and > now use a *BSD, but seldom hear the reverse (with the exception of people > who have to use Linux at work for some reason or another). I wonder > how much movement there is between the two camps... not that every > person necessarily has to be a card-carrying Linux- or *BSD-zealot > and not have some appreciation for a variety of projects/products. > -- > Crist J. Clark Network Security Engineer > crist.clark@globalstar.com Globalstar, L.P. > (408) 933-4387 FAX: (408) 933-4926 > > The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If > the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee > or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying > of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please contact postmaster@globalstar.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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