Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:49:52 -0400 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? Message-ID: <48875320.40500@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20080723151720.GC99140@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20080723010144.GB17377@shepherd> <20080723151720.GC99140@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:01:44PM -0400, Sahil Tandon wrote: > >> Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> Some people enjoy doing that. Most people just want the software to work, >>> be easy to maintain and upgrade and then stay out of their way. >> Ahem, and that 'just works' crowd is generally not found using FreeBSD or in >> an admin capacity. :-) > > > Huh??? That is what you get with FreeBSD. It works and > requires a lot less handholding as a server. As a web server, FreeBSD > requires almost no admin tinkering. You set it up, configure Apache > and then it just works. > > ////jerry > Confirmed, I am getting my first taste of Centos this month. We needed to use Centos to meet a client requirement. I could have the server up in a few hours with FBSD. At the moment I am waiting for the Linux admin to finish building custom RPMs for everything I install because we need software either not in the YUM repository, or not configured the same as the RPM maintainer configured. When I say "I'll just build from source" the blood runs out of his face and he says "That is not a good idea, everything needs to be an RPM, it would be bad, we can't do that". What a pain. DAve -- Don't tell me I'm driving the cart!
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