From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 13 00:43:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0A3106566B for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy1.bredband.net (proxy1.bredband.net [195.54.101.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823F38FC08 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipb2.telenor.se (195.54.127.165) by proxy1.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4AD3E1C001A862AE; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:23:02 +0100 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmthADrCI0tV44PPPGdsb2JhbACBSpcdgkcBAQEBN7gChCsEgWKEAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,389,1257116400"; d="scan'208";a="14990059" Received: from c-cf83e355.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO lazlar.kicks-ass.net) ([85.227.131.207]) by ipb2.telenor.se with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 01:23:02 +0100 Message-ID: <4B2433E4.2040809@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:23:00 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sam Fourman Jr." References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091210095122.a164bf95.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20091212.163352.850602504923947435.imp@bsdimp.com> <11167f520912121544j471e2f15oc2b2bdba926b46ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11167f520912121544j471e2f15oc2b2bdba926b46ab@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:17:46 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:43:54 -0000 Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> Are you sure that OpenBSD has a better record? > > > I found this for loose reference. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD#Security_and_code_auditing > > I will say that even though on the surface OpenBSD appears to have a > better track record security wise > I tend to use FreeBSD for my desktop needs because of things like > Nvidia Graphics (esp now that there is amd64 support) Where's that? The Nvidia site says nothing about it yet, and the makefile for x11/nvidia-driver still says ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=i386. I'm eagerly waiting for it, but I can't find anything other than a forum post (I don't have the address handy at this computer, but I know it's somewhere in the mailing list archive) from Zander at Nvidia corporation saying it's on its way. > also wine works in FreeBSD and some of my clinets still run windows apps. > > I find FreeBSD is the middle ground the world needs between Linix and OpenBSD > > Sam Fourman Jr. > Fourman Networks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >