From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 02:09:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1C316A420 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:09:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from nic.ach.sch.gr (nic.sch.gr [194.63.238.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D90543D45 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:09:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (qmail 21236 invoked by uid 207); 1 Nov 2005 02:09:24 -0000 Received: from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr by nic by uid 201 with qmail-scanner-1.21 (sophie: 3.04/2.30/3.97. Clear:RC:1(81.186.70.192):. Processed in 0.862055 secs); 01 Nov 2005 02:09:24 -0000 Received: from dialup192.ach.sch.gr (HELO flame.pc) ([81.186.70.192]) (envelope-sender ) by nic.sch.gr (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 1 Nov 2005 02:09:22 -0000 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jA129LBk010780; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:09:21 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jA129KMn010779; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:09:20 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:09:20 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Lonnie Cumberland Message-ID: <20051101020920.GA10721@flame.pc> References: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> <173645526.20051101030449@bk.ru> <4366B610.8060905@outstep.com> <20051101004051.GA5229@flame.pc> <4366CB80.8030802@outstep.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4366CB80.8030802@outstep.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compile Kernel Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:09:34 -0000 On 2005-10-31 19:57, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > For a particular project as small web hosting company called > "PeoplesQuest Web Hosting Services" we are going to be using a > control panel H-Sphere that needs FreeBSD 4.11 because of some > particular Java dependency so I have had that version loaded onto > the server so that we can migrate over from Linux. That definitely makes sense. If 4.11 is what you need and it works fine for your project, then it's absolutely fine to keep using that version. > If all goes well, then in the future we will update to the latest > stable versions of FreeBSD but I am going to be carefully watching > how it performs in comparison to various Linux versions although I > am told that FreeBSD is very stable and performs extremely well, and > better in many cases that Linux, under heavy loads. To be realistic, FreeBSD doesn't *always* axceed the performance of a Linux system. You can certainly find particular workloads for which Linux outperforms FreeBSD. The reverse is also true, of course ;-) Speaking for myself, after almost 7 years of working with FreeBSD, it's not just the "raw performance" that keeps me away from Linux if I can help it. Other factors count too. Not to turn this into a huge advocacy thread, let me just say that the reasons why someone might prefer FreeBSD over Linux have been discussed about a billion times on this and other mailing lists of FreeBSD. You will most certainly find pointers very easily by Googling around the *.freebsd.* hierarchy of discussion groups[1] and searching the mailing list archives[2]: [1] http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists [2] http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group%3A*.freebsd.* Welcome to the FreeBSD side of the world :) - Giorgos