From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 24 20:44:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD3F514CFC for ; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:44:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.51]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA4BED; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:49:50 +0100 Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org (abaddon@daemon.ninth-circle.org [192.168.0.1]) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA01352; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:49:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <61C26502785FD111BFD300805FCB5912231031@EMAIL> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:49:21 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Philip Rust Subject: RE: question regarding Alpha Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 23-Feb-99 Philip Rust wrote: > Hi, I just recently bought a Dec Alphastation, and am considering putting > either RedHat Linux or Free-BSD on it._ I am very familiar with unix-type > operating systems, but my question is: Why would I choose BSD over Linux? > or > vice-versa?_ Another way to put it, what does BSD or Linux have that the > other doesn't?_ i.e. applications, performance, speed, reliability, > etc...___ any help? > thanks so much... i know it's not an easy question, but I appreciate it. > again, thanks, This question is considered highly religious even. But let's try to keep it objective: FreeBSD has Linux emulation so a lot of Linux only packages can run on FreeBSD. I myself find FreeBSD a better integrated whole than any distribution of Linux. The same goes for the sources and the people who write these sources, I find them more competent not only on the programming issue but they also have to maintain a very stable whole. I'm a little unsure how Linux' NFS and VM are nowadays, but I know that FreeBSD just made a tremendous number of changes in this aspect, all for the better. If ye are still in doubt, try both. I did, I stuck with *BSD. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven http://www.freebsdzine.org> asmodai(at)wxs.nl The idea does not replace the work... Network/Security Specialist *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message