From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 12 01:04:50 2004 Return-Path: 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 18D8716A4CE for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:04:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (cromagnon.cullmail.com [67.33.58.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E8F43D5A for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:04:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (localhost.cullmail.com [127.0.0.1]) iBC11jxY019259; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:01:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by cromagnon.cullmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iBC11iNx019258; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:01:44 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore) From: Jay Moore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:01:43 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <1102283228.3822.18.camel@tower1.digitaloverload.local> In-Reply-To: <1102283228.3822.18.camel@tower1.digitaloverload.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200412111901.43885.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> cc: Damien Hull Subject: Re: FreeBSD or OpenBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:04:50 -0000 On Sunday 05 December 2004 03:47 pm, Damien Hull wrote: > I've been a FreeBSD user for a while now and I love it. I'm running 4.10 > and plan on upgrading soon. I'm also an OpenBSD user but I tend to use > it for firewalls and routers. I setup Apache and Subversion on OpenBSD > 3.6 last week. This is the first time I have ever done anything other > then a firewall on OpenBSD. > > I'm thinking about using OpenBSD on more servers. Before I do that I > would like to know what people on the list think. Asking such a question makes you sound a little limp-wristed, frankly. Here's how you should decide: Go to the OpenBSD mailing list archives, select 25 or so threads at random, and read them. Do the same for the FreeBSD mailling list archives. Then, make your decision. And remember, it's not like getting married - you can change your mind anytime you like. Jay