From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 13:26:59 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8938C16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:26:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web30905.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30905.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3553B43D4C for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:26:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mcd_advisory@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 81754 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Feb 2005 13:26:58 -0000 Message-ID: <20050205132658.81752.qmail@web30905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.248.172.15] by web30905.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 05:26:58 PST Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 05:26:58 -0800 (PST) From: Mervin McDougall To: Joaquin Menchaca , freebsd-newbies In-Reply-To: <420438B3.9050506@finnovative.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Leaving FreeBSD for Linux - Please Don't Hurt Me X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:26:59 -0000 --- Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > In some ways I feel saddened, as I like FreeBSD. > However, I can > sympathize with you. I tried different Linux > distros, and they are far > far far easier to configure and setup, than FreeBSD. > They have nice > intuitive graphical facilities. > > On the negative side of things for Linux, some > distros (not all of them) > are very insecure. I noticed insecure older > versions of tools like > OpenSSL, ISCA DHCP, SAMBA, etc. included with the > distros like RedHat. > These should be updated ASAP, either through the pay > facility or > do-it-yourself. It's hard to keep track of what > stuff they added, and > what is broken/insecure. I think that with Linux, > you have to become > knowledgeable on how to harden and secure the > system. I feel that > FreeBSD seems a bit more secure out of the getgo. > > I personally use both FreeBSD and Linux at home. I > like the ports > directory and I like the security common-sense > emphasis in FreeBSD. I > feel more comfortable with it being a server. > Because of this, I have > FreeBSD as the server, and Linux as the > development/desktop system. > > For Linux, I professionally (work environ) like > SuSE, but lot of places > use RedHat. Personally, I like gentoo. But then I > have 64-bit computers > (amd64, ppc, and ultra sparc) and I can roll out a > buff 64-bit system, > which makes a big difference in performance on Intel > platform, i.e. amd. > > --- joaquin > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just to clarify something that you mentioned, the reason why you may find older packages with Redhat is simply because redhat is no longer supported or at least the hobbyist version. Redhat has changed its business structure to concentrate more on enterprise customers. If you are looking for a redhat based system that is pretty much cutting edge then my suggestion is go with Fedora Core. The only thing I would personally like to see come out of freebsd is more support for i386 laptops besides desktops. Though the system is great for desktop machines. I feel the system is a bit lagging when it comes to lapotops and I believe it is to good a system to be on desktops alone. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250