Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:56:06 -0600 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ask stupid questions and you'll get a stupid answers, was: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <6DF45E1F-5F76-432C-99F4-69E6198EFF73@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <20200725152412.GJ92589@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <CAEJNuHwRs=6kOK9uiFzEAqCgSgvUb8Xm5o2VWnK-ND_zseowdg@mail.gmail.com> <20200214141600.GA82559@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200214204838.360c8f624397c659946bd764@sohara.org> <20200215063818.GE1482@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200215083359.367d8a3e9ddb4942df67d5b5@sohara.org> <58202623-bbf7-eda0-5cb5-fb4749e91e20@watters.ws> <CAEJNuHxbFSPBB7keSrBufpg=RsgQ8EPK_fvzt8XBROLNKyN_sw@mail.gmail.com> <6318251A-973A-4DEC-9271-12333EB11F7B@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CAEJNuHxC7i%2Bq7cq65=my6mJZDdiK4gpQsKjMU1nvsm=Ri4On%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <ce61b5e9-b71c-e5b7-c64d-f79884c87435@watters.ws> <20200725152412.GJ92589@admin.sibptus.ru>
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On 25 Jul 2020, at 09:24, Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> wrote: > Michael Watters wrote: >>=20 >> On 7/24/2020 9:39 AM, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions wrote: >>> Why do I have to choose between Linux and FreeBSD? Why can't I have >>> both? I also use NetBSD, OpenBSD, Android, occasionally Windows. Am = I >>> a traitor? Am I an infidel? >=20 >> While it's fun to test out and play with different OSes it makes life >> much simpler if you standardize on *one* platform. Most = organizations >> have standards and policies about what operating systems are allowed = on >> their servers. >=20 > This is very true. And when it comes to choice between Linux and > FreeBSD (as a company policy), despite my love for FreeBSD and long = time > (over 20 years) experience therewith, I find there is very little I = can > now rationally present as arguments to choose FreeBSD over Linux. The tipping point for me has been the explosion in Docker use. It is trivial to throw up a minimal Linux server and then load a ton of = docker containers on it, and that is a combination that is hard to beat. = I have opinions on tis, of course, but they are not relevant to this. I setup a machine for someone to act as a HTPC using linux and a = half-dozen docker containers. It took about an hour, and the system is = largely idiot-proof. I'm not sure it would have been possible to use the = same software at all under FreeBSD and it certainly would have taken = much much longer. That said, I will continue to use FreeBSD for the mail server and my = stuff because I am used to *BSD and I find it annoying when I have to = switch to Linux, so the real stuff is still FreeBSD and will be. But a = lot of stuff is already Linux and will continue to be. --=20 'It's still a lie. Like the lie about masks.' 'What lie about masks?' 'The way people say they hide faces.' 'They do hide faces,' said Nanny Ogg. 'Only the one on the outside.' --Maskerade
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