From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 08:50:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B06837B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 08:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dentrita.perpels.com (217-126-9-95.uc.nombres.ttd.es [217.126.9.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41AC543F3F for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 08:49:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drio@perpels.com) Received: from big.perpels.com (unknown [192.168.0.5]) by dentrita.dummy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A33E2C5; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:26:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by big.perpels.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 329B1540C; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:26:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 17:26:23 +0200 From: David Rio To: Aaron Peterson Message-ID: <20030517152623.GA5235@perpels.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd vs. linux - educated opinions wanted X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 15:50:00 -0000 On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 05:57:49PM -0700, Aaron Peterson wrote: > i am looking for educated opinions about the following: > > i began using linux about 5 years ago, mostly because i had heard of it and > was curious and because i found a close friend who was already a couple > years up the learning curve who could show me around. now that i've been > emersed in the *NIX world a while longer i have built some of my own opinions > and heard a great many rumors about the practical differences between linux > and freeBSD. Some of these are as follows: > > 1. There is better hardware support for linux, and more features because there > are more developers. > 2. Linux code is often not as well written as freebsd because freebsd > developers are more unified, focused and strict. > 3. freeBSD is more secure > 4. freeBSD is more stable > > what does linux have that freebsd doesn't? what does freebsd have that linux > doesn't? what are the security issues that should be acknowledged when > deciding which to use for something mission critical in a production > environment? how does one measure/compare stability, and which comes out > on top? > Maybe this will help you: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.html