From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 22 03:39:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA16035 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 22 May 1996 03:39:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA16030 for ; Wed, 22 May 1996 03:39:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr [134.157.72.87]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.7.5/jtpda-5.2) with SMTP id MAA01839 for ; Wed, 22 May 1996 12:39:00 +0200 (METDST) Received: from iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (iaka) by mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jn930126+af960507(mailhost)) at Wed, 22 May 1996 12:38:53 +0100 Received: by iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jf930126) at Wed, 22 May 1996 12:38:47 +0100 Message-Id: <199605221138.AA17317@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 12:38:46 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: "Alain FAUCONNET" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I use both. I'm more familiar with Linux. > I'd pose the following decisions on your tree: > > Robust high speed TCP/IP: FreeBSD +5, Linux -10 > High performance for local applicatons: Linux +5, FreeBSD -2 > Diversity of Applications: Linux +10, FreeBSD +5 > Integration of Applications with OS: Linux -15, FreeBSD +10 > > Others? I use both too (actually I'm a newcomer to FreeBSD, I've been using Linux for a long time, as well as many different flavors of Unices on workstations and servers). Here is my very subjective (of course) contribution: * Integration with the DOS/Win world: Linux +10, FreeBSD -10 * Integration with the Unix world: Linux -10, FreeBSD +10 * Availability of pre-compiled binaries and ports for non-commercial software: Linux +10, FreeBSD 0 * Availability of commercial software: Linux +10, FreeBSD -5 * Organization of releases, ease of upgrade: Linux -5, FreeBSD +10 * Size of the "supporting, using and contributing masses": Linux +10, FreeBSD 0 My laptop (mostly stand-alone, some FTP, telnet generally through PPP) runs Linux and I probably will stick to it. My main desktop work machine (tightly integrated into our network, heavy use of NFS) runs FreeBSD now, and I'm much happier than with Linux. For what it's worth, _Alain_ -- Alain FAUCONNET Ingenieur systeme - System Manager AP-HP/SIM Public Health 91 bld de l'Hopital 75013 PARIS FRANCE Medical Computing Research Labs Mail: af@biomath.jussieu.fr Tel: (+33) 1-40-77-96-19 Fax: (+33) 1-45-86-80-68 I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator" But... I *am* the system administrator :-]