From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 10: 2:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66CEA37B401 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5PH0BP14216; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:00:11 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:00:11 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser X-X-Sender: To: David Kramer Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020625135153.M403-100000@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, David Kramer wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > > I ask, because I'm going to be building a new server at home in a few > weeks (firewall/ipmasq/web/mail/ftp/ssh/couple users). I'm a long-time > Linux user, but now I'm using FreeBSD a lot from work. I've been > considering using FreeBSD instead of Linux for the new server, but I'm > having trouble finding *recent* *objective* advantages to one over the > other. For instance, I know the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack was much tighter and > more secure in the past, but I don't know if that's still the case. Well. I don't have any problems with the linux kernel itself, but I haven't found a distro I like as much as freebsd. That said, if a client wants RedHat or Debian or whatever, I'll install that. =0) The main reasons I like FreeBSD over Linux are: 1. I like ipf or ipfw better than ipchains/netfilter 2. I like ports system better than rpm or deb 3. I like the feeling of a 'whole OS' instead of a kernel and a bunch of apps put together by a vendor. 4. No 'libc of the week' As you see, they are subjetive, so YMMV. > Fer > So I would be interested in hearing any objective advantages of FreeBSD > over Linux. > > DISCLAIMER: I just signed up for about 8 of the FreeBSD mailing lists a > few days ago to try to get a handle on this. This question may be more > appropriate for -advocacy, but I haven't seen a single post on there, so I > don't know whether it's really alive or not. If I really should post > there, though, please correct me. > > Thanks. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DDDD David Kramer david@thekramers.net http://thekramers.net > DK KD "The water was not fit to drink. > DKK D To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. > DK KD By diligent effort, I learned to like it." > DDDD - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message