Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 17:26:23 +0200 From: David Rio <drio@perpels.com> To: Aaron Peterson <aaron@alpete.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd vs. linux - educated opinions wanted Message-ID: <20030517152623.GA5235@perpels.com> In-Reply-To: <E19Gq1F-0006QW-00@host02.ipowerweb.com> References: <E19Gq1F-0006QW-00@host02.ipowerweb.com>
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On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 05:57:49PM -0700, Aaron Peterson wrote: > i am looking for educated opinions about the following: > > i began using linux about 5 years ago, mostly because i had heard of it and > was curious and because i found a close friend who was already a couple > years up the learning curve who could show me around. now that i've been > emersed in the *NIX world a while longer i have built some of my own opinions > and heard a great many rumors about the practical differences between linux > and freeBSD. Some of these are as follows: > > 1. There is better hardware support for linux, and more features because there > are more developers. > 2. Linux code is often not as well written as freebsd because freebsd > developers are more unified, focused and strict. > 3. freeBSD is more secure > 4. freeBSD is more stable > > what does linux have that freebsd doesn't? what does freebsd have that linux > doesn't? what are the security issues that should be acknowledged when > deciding which to use for something mission critical in a production > environment? how does one measure/compare stability, and which comes out > on top? > Maybe this will help you: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.html
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