Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 07:27:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@hamell.hpc1.com> To: bitter@noah.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need comparative data Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990801072402.18108B-100000@heorot.hamell.hpc1.com> In-Reply-To: <67650953.933580567520.JavaMail.nobody@shell5.ba.best.com>
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> Newbie Q:"What's the difference between Linux and FreeBSD?" > Guru A:"It all depends on what you want and even if I knew > the answer I would not tell you because I refuse to > lower myself by getting involved in a religious OS war." Obviously you've not read enough....:) Most all the messages I see go like this; Newbie; Why is FreeBSD Linux better? Guru; FreeBSD is not Linux it's based off of the BSD operating system while Linux is based off the System V/Minix system. They're both good operating systems, but FreeBSD is better for servers, high loads and general networking while Linux is good for the desktop. But, FreeBSD runs most Linux programs faster then Linux itself. It's also being developed by professional software engineers (for the most part,) while Linux is really being developed by a bunch of high school and college kids with little real-world programming experience. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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