From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 21 20:41:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from po3.wam.umd.edu (po3.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.165]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5D114A07 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:41:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (root@rac4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.144]) by po3.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA11959; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:40:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA24482; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:40:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA24478; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:40:54 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac4.wam.umd.edu: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:40:54 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver To: Harry Woodward-Clarke Cc: Allix Primus , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD, NetBSD vs FreeBSD ? In-Reply-To: <3838C361.A7887CCD@S1.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I'm new to freebsd and was just wondering what is the difference between > > freebsd , netbsd and openbsd ? Is there an advantage to using one over the > > other ? > > Hi Allix, > > FreeBSD is sort of the 'Linux' of the *BSD world ( * Harry ducks for > cover). It's (fairly) light, robust and works mostly on i386 platform, > with an Alpha port and (I think) a PowerPC port - correct me if I'm > wrong - or see I'm not sure about the Light part here. FreeBSD is used on the most heavily loaded servers on the internet: cdrom.com, yahoo.com, and hotmail.com. It hasn't been ported to the PowerPC either, It is however (as far as I know) still being ported to Sparc, and it works on x86, and alpha processors. > OpenBSD is for the (ahem) 'paranoid'. If you want a secure OS right out > of the box, then OpenBSD is for you. see It supports a > couple of hardware platforms including i386 and Sparc. > > NetBSD has lots of support for 'interesting' hardware - some of it no > longer at the 'leading edge' of technology - e.g. MicroVAX II and such - > but you require a *BSD O/S for them, otherwise your wife will make you > throw that 'junk' out ;') see > > They are all 'Open Source' - and all are pretty darn stable. All are > actively being enhanced and used. And all are loved by their respective > groups. > > To me, they are "horses for courses". If I still had my uVAX-3500, I'd > use Net. If I were a bit more paranoid than I am now, I'd use Open. For > the moment I'm using Free, as it sits nicely behind the "Bleeding Edge" > (a.k.a. Linux ;'), and I presently have a corporate firewall protecting > me from my own stupid mistakes ;'} > > hth, > > |-| > > > 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