From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 16 01:06:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 8564516A403 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340A543D45 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:06:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-65-69-141-242.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.69.141.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6592114307 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:07:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:06:39 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========2D53FD208D385D0484E9==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:06:45 -0000 --==========2D53FD208D385D0484E9========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 15, 2006 3:26:02 PM -0700 William Tracy=20 wrote: > > So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD > can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back. > Well, let's see. As a server, I have worked with Windows, Solaris,=20 Gentoo, RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, Slackware, OpenBSD and FreeBSD. All my=20 servers are FreeBSD now, except for the ones that require Windows and=20 don't give me an otpion. That should tell you something. Features that I like that I consider better than other *nixes: 1) The install - the install is simple and easy to follow. Furthermore,=20 you can run the installer any time you want by running sysinstall,=20 something that often requires inserting a CD (or copying the CD to the=20 hard drive) on other OSes. 2) The OS - it has all the tools you need without any of the bloat. Yes,=20 it requires that you actually learn Unix, but that's not a bad thing.=20 Built-in perl. Built-in tcpdump. 3) The kernel. I've done kernel rebuilds on Linux. Trust me, freebsd is=20 much easier. make buildkernel, make buildworld, make installkernel,=20 reboot, run mergemaster, make installworld, run mergemaster again. And I=20 can do it in an ssh session without having to worry about running to the=20 console. 4) The ports system. I have at my fingertips everything I need to install = anything I need. And if it's not there, just ask. Someone will create=20 the port. Complex apps that require the installation of a number of items = (dependencies) are often so daunting that people don't even want to tackle = them. In FreeBSD, the port does all of that for you. What's left? Oh - performance. FreeBSD just works. I've never had a=20 crash. I've never had sluggish performance. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========2D53FD208D385D0484E9==========--