Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:57:45 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> To: "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or LINUX??? - Which one should I choose? Message-ID: <35B74159.DB6F02A6@graphnet.com>
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FreeBSD vs. Linux
I would recommend FreeBSD (I have used both, and am now completely
switched to FBSD). The differences are thus:
****OBJECTIVE*****
1. FreeBSD is a direct derivative of BSD Unix. -- Linux is an
independent _Unix-like_ OS
2. FreeBSD, while it does supply you with source code, is generally
developed by one team. If there are more distributions, they're all the
same. -- Linux's distributions vary, anyone can add to the kernel.
****SUBJECTIVE*****
3. However, at the moment, Linux is more popular and there is more
software for it, HOWEVER FreeBSD has over 1500 ports and growing.
4. FreeBSD is much friendlier to a new user.
5. This list. This list is amazing -- I have only started on FreeBSD
about a month ago and everyone has been a _tremendous_ help.
6. I have Apache, RADIUS and INN running on a FreeBSD machine and it
handles it beautifully (the same load that used to regularly crash a
Solaris-run Sparc20!)
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:56:19 -0400
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD or LINUX??? - Which one should I choose?
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FreeBSD vs. Linux
I would recommend FreeBSD (I have used both, and am now completely
switched to FBSD). The differences are thus:
****OBJECTIVE*****
1. FreeBSD is a direct derivative of BSD Unix. -- Linux is an
independent _Unix-like_ OS
2. FreeBSD, while it does supply you with source code, is generally
developed by one team. If there are more distributions, they're all the
same. -- Linux's distributions vary, anyone can add to the kernel.
****SUBJECTIVE*****
3. However, at the moment, Linux is more popular and there is more
software for it, HOWEVER FreeBSD has over 1500 ports and growing.
4. FreeBSD is much friendlier to a new user.
5. This list. This list is amazing -- I have only started on FreeBSD
about a month ago and everyone has been a _tremendous_ help.
6. I have Apache, RADIUS and INN running on a FreeBSD machine and it
handles it beautifully (the same load that used to regularly crash a
Solaris-run Sparc20!)
--
_________________________________________
| Roman Katsnelson |
| UNIX Network Engineer |
_ | Graphnet, Inc. | _
/ )|_________________________________________|( \
/ / | "Laws are like sausages. You have | \ \
_( (_ | more respect for them if you haven't | _) )_
(((\ \>|_/-)seen how they're made." -Bismarck(-\_|</ /)))
(\\\\ \_/ /___________________________________\ \_/ ////)
\ / Email: romank@graphnet.com \ /
\ _/ \_ /
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