From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 15:49:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE920106567A for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp2.tls.net (smtp2.tls.net [65.124.104.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BAD98FC14 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 86701 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 15:49:58 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 86687, pid: 86698, t: 0.1299s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp-2.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 64-184-9-233.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.1.46?) (ldg%tls.net@64.184.9.233) by auth-smtp2.tls.net with ESMTPA; 23 Jul 2008 15:49:58 -0000 Message-ID: <48875320.40500@pixelhammer.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:49:52 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20080723010144.GB17377@shepherd> <20080723151720.GC99140@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080723151720.GC99140@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? 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: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:49:59 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:01:44PM -0400, Sahil Tandon wrote: > >> Paul Schmehl wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> Some people enjoy doing that. Most people just want the software to work, >>> be easy to maintain and upgrade and then stay out of their way. >> Ahem, and that 'just works' crowd is generally not found using FreeBSD or in >> an admin capacity. :-) > > > Huh??? That is what you get with FreeBSD. It works and > requires a lot less handholding as a server. As a web server, FreeBSD > requires almost no admin tinkering. You set it up, configure Apache > and then it just works. > > ////jerry > Confirmed, I am getting my first taste of Centos this month. We needed to use Centos to meet a client requirement. I could have the server up in a few hours with FBSD. At the moment I am waiting for the Linux admin to finish building custom RPMs for everything I install because we need software either not in the YUM repository, or not configured the same as the RPM maintainer configured. When I say "I'll just build from source" the blood runs out of his face and he says "That is not a good idea, everything needs to be an RPM, it would be bad, we can't do that". What a pain. DAve -- Don't tell me I'm driving the cart!