From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 2 6:45: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from curlew.cs.man.ac.uk (curlew.cs.man.ac.uk [130.88.13.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE7814C11 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:44:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk) Received: from fs3.rncm.ac.uk ([193.63.96.102] helo=rncm.ac.uk) by curlew.cs.man.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11tXSd-000OUW-00; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:43:55 +0000 Received: from RNCM-FS3/SpoolDir by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 2 Dec 99 14:43:59 GMT Received: from SpoolDir by RNCM-FS3 (Mercury 1.44); 2 Dec 99 14:43:30 GMT Received: from beowulf (193.63.96.96) by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 2 Dec 99 14:43:21 GMT From: "Peter McGarvey" To: "O.Trofileeva" , Subject: RE: FreeBSD against Linux Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:43:18 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > My question is global. What operational system is better: FreeBSD or > Linux? What are advantages and disadvantages of each one? It is not > empty interest. I don't want to replace FreeBSD for Linux but my > opponents press- they think Linux develops faster and much more > rich in its possibilities. I am afraid my arguments will be too > weak. Almost anybody could write a book bashing [Insert any OS] in favour of [Insert any another OS] and make it objective. And even a "Windows is better then FreeBSD" would be possible. Check out the FreeBSD home page www.freebsd.org and the FreeBSD Rocks website http://www.freebsdrocks.com any you'll find lots of reasons why FreeBSD is better. However, you could try what a friend of mind did. He was told to install a Linux box. No ifs, no buts, LINUX! So he went off and fetched a copy of FreeBSD and asked his boss if it was okay to use that. His boss insisted on Linux. So my mate told him: "This is the FreeBSD /distrbution/ of Linux. It's slighly different than the other distributions in that hardware compatability has been sacrificed for stability and performance, the kernel is slightly different, and it's licence is less restrictive than the standard Linux licence. However, it lags behind the other distrubutions somewhat in support for new hardware, but it's more secure and easier to upgrade." I believe he came clean to his boss a while back, and that he still has a job - but, more importantly, his firm is still using FreeBSD. TTFN, FNORD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter McGarvey, Networks Manager | email: Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk Royal Northern College of Music | tel: +44 (0)161 907 5218 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, | fax: +44 (0)161 273 7611 England M13 9RD | mobile: +44 (0)7887 990564 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message