Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 16:02:38 +0000 From: Leigh Porter <leigh@wisper.net> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: Vincent Defert <vdefert@trace.fr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <34E31D1D.12F26E10@wisper.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980212162047.24814A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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Konrad Heuer wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Vincent Defert wrote: > > > I am using an old version of Linux and I consider upgrading. > > FreeBSD seems to have a very positive image, but the same is > > true of Linux. > > > > Could you please explain the main differences between them, > > and why people who tested both systems chose FreeBSD rather > > than Linux? I had exactly the same Dilemma for our News services. I used Linux exclisivlyfor everything but then news got *REALLY* busy and it was taking too long to track fixes/ups/downs of the Linux kernel. I knew FreeBSD was rock solid but the solid versions were far less advanced in some aspects than the Linux kernels that were currently avaliable. I went the FreeBSD way for news and am still working on getting up it (Busy you know :) hence the question I sent earlier about the CCD drivers. My conslusion: Linux is great for workstations, I use it for all my workstations and LOVE it, I know the kernel well and it has good utils and nice bits :) FreeBSD is great for servers that are mission critical, heavily loaded and need to be up all the time, saying that I run Linux on our name, database, www, mail etc servers and they never give me any problems, all work perfectly. But for News, the big one that we have running on 5 machines each with 2 100bT cards in and lots of RAID things Linux just did not keep up well - I have HIGH hopes for FreeBSD! BSD I have seen is also a LOT easier to track, Linux is busy! -- Leigh Porter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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