Date: 28 Nov 2001 15:06:27 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@molemanarmy.com> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd as a desktop ? Message-ID: <86667vkk98.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com> In-Reply-To: <00da01c1781b$9b9f4100$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <006201c17815$d8960040$fd6e34c6@mlevy> <86667vm1gd.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com> <00da01c1781b$9b9f4100$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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"Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> writes: > What motivated your switch from Linux to FreeBSD, and how would you > compare the two? I moved my desktop because I was moving the server farm. I moved the desktop to get familiar with the OS before we started server deploys. > Do you also run a server? If so, which OS did you install for that? I manage a farm of somewhere around 20 servers :) We used to use Linux for all of them but we moved to FreeBSD. There are quite a few reasons. Many of the cost savings, I detailed in my speech A Business Case for FreeBSD at BSDCon 2001. You can download the slides from http://www.molemanarmy.com/bsdcon/ Mainly it comes down to maturity. FreeBSD works for me in the production world. We had _A LOT_ of problems with Linux systems from 2.2.15 onwards due to broken VM subsystems. The 2.4 kernel had been very problematic for us due to things like software raid problems in 2.4.0. On the whole, Linux still strikes me as more of a hobbyist OS. Look at 2.2.14 for a fun time :) FreeBSD seems to be more aimed at 'Make it solid'. Oh, and just in case anyone thinks I'm biased, I attained my RHCE as an exam only candidate. So my first loyalty was to Linux. But I'm too lazy to work as hard as I needed to, to keep Linux behaving. FreeBSD has made my life a lot easier. -- - Wayne Pascoe | If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, freebsd@molemanarmy.com | riddle them with bullets. http://www.molemanarmy.com | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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