Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:13:58 -0600 From: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compile Kernel Question Message-ID: <4366CF66.6040204@outstep.com> In-Reply-To: <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> <20051101020920.GA10721@flame.pc>
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Thanks again, I look forward to great success with FreeBSD for my projects. Cheers, Lonnie Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2005-10-31 19:57, Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> 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 > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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