Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:17:10 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Linux vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <006101c27ad1$2b410470$0200a8c0@bartxp>
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I don't want to start a Linux/FreeBSD flamewar, but I do need some info
I have an associate who will be making major changes to their network
and want my help/advice. He intends to have a something like this:
----Web server (Public IP)
inet ----- router( Public IP) --- /
\____DMZ (Private IPs)
The DMZ will house his mail, misc. servers and workstations.
They might use some CISCO equipment for the router but it would limit
them to 10mbs, and he would rather have 100mps.
His first thought besides CISCO was Linux, as some of his clients use
Linux and it is a good idea to use what your clients use. I have almost
zero experience with Linux, but I am a FreeBSD fan, so naturally, I
recommended it to him. I tried to give him some of the
benefits/hinderances to using either, but I am not well enough versed in
Linux to give good data.
I was hoping someone on this list might have real data/reasons to use
one or the other. Valid concerns are: security, compatibility,
stability, flexibility, support, etc.
Some concerns I have with Linux are the variety of distros available for
Linux, even if clients are using it, which ones are they using, etc.
Also, I am naturally biased to FreeBSD because I have used it for quite
a while.
Thanks for any input.
-Derrick
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