Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:19:50 -0600 From: Steven Malone <quantafac@ubiquitous.ninja> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <e39d97dd-5d6b-6b4e-90d7-ae312a690dc0@ubiquitous.ninja> In-Reply-To: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru>
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Victor, While this may not be a technical response, I have had immensely better experiences managing a FreeBSD server than a Linux one. The primary difference in my experience has been around system upgrades. When updating Linux I have had all sorts of applications start failing after the a simple package update. I do not have this problem when updating FreeBSD, it has been much more reliable for me. I have also seen similar results from system upgrades, Linux upgrades have broken my system countless times. I have never had a FreeBSD system completely tank after an upgrade. Not saying it would never happen, but it has been so much more stable I avoid Linux where-ever possible. I am sure there are technical reasons for this, probably having to do with the way FreeBSD manages itself as a complete OS instead of a collection of bits around a kernel. I think Michael W. Lucas puts it best "FreeBSD lets me sleep at night." On 2/14/20 6:16 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Not to start a flame war. A purely technical question: what > technological advantages does the modern FreeBSD have over modern Linux? > > Several yeas ago I would say ZFS was a killer feature, but now Linux has > ZFS too, and AFAIK FreeBSD is going to migrate to Linux's ZFS > implementation. > > What other features do we have to (persuade the management to) prefer > FreeBSD for new installations? >
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