From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 20:02:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64211065677 for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 20:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from mail.locolomo.org (97.pool85-48-194.static.orange.es [85.48.194.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9408FC0A for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 20:02:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gamma.lan.locolomo.org (gamma.lan.locolomo.org [192.168.0.33]) by mail.locolomo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C66B61C0841 for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 21:56:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4FA43484.6020909@locolomo.org> Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 21:56:52 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120420 Thunderbird/12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4FA41738.4040901@kleppnett.no> In-Reply-To: <4FA41738.4040901@kleppnett.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 20:02:30 -0000 On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just wanted to ask if > anyone here had an opinion what 2 install of the BSDs ? Or perhaps > FreeBSD 6.4 is a good choice ( I have not tested Open or Net BSD so > FreeBSD is my hometurf) The machine will probably be a server to have > fun with and hopefully learn something from. Perhaps some server role in > my rig, routing, security etc..... > > Any advise would be nice :) A few things you could consider: - which OS seems to be the most active? I recall NetBSD was about a dead end a few years ago, but maybe they got back. - which OS seems to offer you the best learning oportunity? If you're interested in security OpenBSD might be a choice. ... but then, why not try both, it's free. Or consider something completely different? If I had to go BSD, and not FreeBSD, I'd go with OpenBSD for the security. But I'd much rather like to try a microkernel system like QNX if that would be an alternative. BR, Erik -- M: +34 666 334 818 T: +34 915 211 157