Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:32:02 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <1546398643.20050212123202@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <420DE422.3020102@wanadoo.es> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <823196404.20050212105644@wanadoo.fr> <420DE422.3020102@wanadoo.es>
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Ramiro Aceves writes: > I use Debian as my main system and I do not agree with you. I do not > think that Linux distributions I use are doing more enphasis on the > desktop. At least on Debian or Gentoo (the distros I know) you always > have the choice (the whole OS) to install or not the X-window system. I prefer not to have to choose among three dozen different "distributions." Keeping on top of releases is hard enough; having multiple releases of multiple distributions is a useless complication. And Gentoo seems to pop up all too often on Bugtraq (so does Linux in general). > They also have a "base system" concept. If you need a server you only > install the software you need for the server. If you want a desktop full > of bells ans whistles, you install the X-window System, and whatever > window manager you like. I think it is the same for FreeBSD. I've never noticed anything like that during installation. You just install FreeBSD, period. You do have the choice of X or not, but that's about it. > I asume that the Debian guys are expertise enough to put that "mix" in a > comprehensive, coherent,and consistent set of system programs to run > under Linux kernel, as you say. Maybe, maybe not. I don't have time to try out every distribution available in the world to find out which is best. FreeBSD has proven itself for me, and so I run FreeBSD. I like to keep things simple. > My system also never hangs and works very well. That's true of every system I have, both UNIX and Windows. It's pretty much the minimum one should expect from any OS these days. > So I agree with Nick, I think Linux and FreeBSD are two great OSes, and > that each one has its pros and cons. Choosing one or the other, is a > matter of taste. Maybe. I think Linux is a matter of hype, primarily. It's amazing how many Linux users had never heard of UNIX before getting involved with Linux; indeed, some of them _still_ haven't heard of UNIX. That is far less the case with other UNIX-like or UNIX-derived operating systems (except Mac OS X). > I although have observed that in this list, some of you hate Linux. Choosing operating systems is not an emotional issue for me, so I don't hate or love any OS. > I have never seen insults to FreeBSD in the Debian e-mail lists. Most of them have probably never heard of FreeBSD. > Anyway, I like both very much, I am following this e-mail list and > playing with my FreeBSD install in another slice to get confortable and > perhaps, one day, I will change. I remember when I had the luxury of being able to play with operating systems, instead of depending on them for productive work. I can't afford that today. -- Anthony
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