Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:41:27 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Solaris comparisons? Message-ID: <37C1CE17.C4AD14D6@ispro.net.tr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908231849290.80485-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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We are mostly using FreeBSD on our servers though we have had one sun ultrasparc I machine with solaris 2.7 installed (or solaris 7). As far as I can tell Solaris is hard to administrate and maintain. We have had problems with Solaris cause they are not able to give GNU licensed programs since it is an commercial os and it took hours to find download and install compiler etc. And also I have found out that in solaris we need to create a file for everything like /etc/defaultgateway vs. and there is really not enough documentation about these files. It is easy with FreeBSD since it has a central configuration file and lots of documentation. Maybe it was a little bit strange for me to use solaris after freebsd though. About the stability both of the operating systems are very stable and We are just closing them if we want to do maintenance etc. here is an article which has information about SunOS, Linux and FreeBSD; >Rich explains why FreeBSD is the superior OS for him. (1,500 words) >http://www.sunworld.com/swol-05-1999/swol-05-silicon.html The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > Hi... > > I'm trying to sell work on the idea of moving some of our servers > to FreeBSD (purely a Solaris shop right now), and am trying to use > "improved performance, less of a resource hog" as an argument, since, at > this time, they don't care about cost :( > > Anyone know of any web sites I can use for statistics/comparisons? > > Thanks... > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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