From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 16 10:57:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail-out.visi.com (kauket.visi.com [209.98.98.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57221513C for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:57:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from veldy@visi.com) Received: from isis.visi.com (isis.visi.com [209.98.98.8]) by mail-out.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AEB3839; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:57:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (veldy@localhost) by isis.visi.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16983; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:57:24 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: isis.visi.com: veldy owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:57:24 -0600 (CST) From: Thomas Veldhouse To: Matthew Jacob Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. OpenBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. NetBSD (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The only point I would like to argue is that this is not a comparison of Apples to Apples. Linux is just a kernel. There are Linux only utilities however (i.e. util-linux). Each of the BSDs that you mentioned are full operating systems. The closest comparison you can get is to compare a Linux Distribution to the BSDs. I will not go there - there is plenty of information on the web for that. Tom Veldhouse veldy@visi.com On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > fyi > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:15:48 -0500 (EST) > From: Paul B. Brown > Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com > To: axp-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Linux vs. OpenBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. NetBSD > Resent-Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:15:54 -0000 > Resent-From: axp-list@redhat.com > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > > Is there a handy collection of arguments over which OS is better? > > Hummmm . . . . this is a much debated topic. In a nutshell: > > Linux: > > 1. More prevalent > 2. More support > 3. More software ported > 4. Multi-platform: Intel, Alpha, Sparc, Mac, PowerPC, etc. > 5. GPLed > > Even though I think Linux needs further tweaking to become as high > stress as FreeBSD, I still believe it is the best bang for the buck. > There is more interest in this OS than any of the other "free" OSes. > This is a plus and a minus. The plus is that it will continue to > advance as an OS and a production platform. The minus is that now > business needs may begin to drive Linux and that will skew the > original intent of Linux and it's reason for being as good as it is. > > I've been talking to some Systems Operations boys at NASA HQ in > Washington, DC who have done (and continue to do) testing on the > "free" OSes as stable platforms for research and production at NASA. > They found that even now, FreeBSD or OpenBSD are their choice either > because of stability or speed. I found that interesting given some > of the claims I've seem on this list, and others, that Linux is now as > stable and high performance as FreeBSD on Intel. The NASA boys don't > think so. > > FreeBSD: > > 1. Higher performance especially in the network stack. > 2. Can run any Linux application using emulator. > 3. BSDL > 4. Intel Only: This means the OS is tweaked for max performance. > > This is a very stable, very robust, high stress-capable OS for Intel > platforms only. If you want to get the max out of your production > Intel platform, use FreeBSD. Yahoo does. The choice at NASA HQ. > > NetBSD: > > 1. Runs on a lot of old hardware: PDP, VAX, 3B2, etc. > 2. Very stable. > 3. BSDL. > > This one is used if you have some old hardware lying around and want > to get it functional again. This is great for older companies, > Universities, and research facilities. > > OpenBSD: > > 1. Runs on a lot of old hardware: PDP, VAX, 3B2, etc. > 2. More secure out of the box than any other xBSD. > 3. Offshoot of NetBSD. > 4. Very stable. > 5. BSDL. > > The same as NetBSD except it's security features are it's main selling > point. > > There is my $0.02 worth. :-) > > Paul > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul B. Brown pbrown@btechnet.com > President > Brown Technologies Network, Inc. http://www.btechnet.com/ > > Systems and Applications Design, Development, Deployment, and Maintenance > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > To unsubscribe: send e-mail to axp-list-request@redhat.com with > 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Do not send it to axp-list@redhat.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message