From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 10:35:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clink.schulte.org (clink.schulte.org [209.134.156.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE8037B405 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:35:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clink.schulte.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A65A243CF; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:35:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from schulte-laptop.nospam.schulte.org (nb-65.netbriefings.com [209.134.134.65]) by clink.schulte.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34272243BE; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:35:09 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20020625121305.03d1f270@pop3s.schulte.org> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:32:34 -0500 To: Fernando Gleiser , David Kramer From: Christopher Schulte Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris Cc: In-Reply-To: <20020625135153.M403-100000@localhost> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre6 on clink.schulte.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:00 PM 6/25/2002 -0300, Fernando Gleiser wrote: >The main reasons I like FreeBSD over Linux are: >3. I like the feeling of a 'whole OS' instead of a kernel and a bunch of apps Yes, good point. One of the most compelling reasons to use FreeBSD over linux. The completeness and central administration over all the little bits of source code really goes a far way in terms of warm-fuzzy -happy-feeling. On a practical side, this integrated system source code has major advantages. Example: I have been maintaining one particular FreeBSD system since 4.1, released in mid 2000. Right now it's sitting at 4.5 (soon 4.6), having been upgraded through all new releases with no problems whatsoever. Not even the slightest burp. With linux, I generally leave an installed distro as is, for fear the slightest library change will cause a downward spiral. Code atrophy sets in, and before you know it it's time to rebuild a new box and migrate. That is an exaggeration, but the point is valid. The ports system is a delight to use Stability is there Security is a high priority (RELENG_4_X security branch for example) Device support is good (not quite as bleeding edge as linux, however all my hardware has worked without modification) Community support is good Developer <--> user interactions are mostly positive and further project goals Many other small 'warm-fuizzies' all add up to one great big happy smile, when dealing with FreeBSD. Linux works (go slackware!), Solaris works. If I have a choice, I almost always use FreeBSD. -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message