Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 02:36:34 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: EKuklajr@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stability of FreeBSD vs Linux 2.1.x / 2.2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901290222530.2305-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <a8e47295.36b1187e@aol.com>
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On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 EKuklajr@aol.com wrote: >My company is looking into re-writing our MS-DOS application as a Unix >application and i am seriously considering Open source projects such as >FreeBSD and Linux as our workstation OS. Is there any study or data >indicating which release is the most stable for our Intel Pentium platforms? >Or are they equivalent? Stability is important as our machines are toxic gas >monitors (running 24/7/365), and reliability is very VERY important. If anyone tells you that they have "proof" that one OS is more stable than the other they are probably full of it. Linux and FreeBSD are both very stable. I would like to plug FreeBSD along these lines. FreeBSD has a tightly controlled release policy. FreeBSD has CVSUP software upgrading so that you can track our -stable branch if you like to keep the latest stable security and bugfixes. Also, FreeBSD is a complete OS distribution and a great development platform. Linux proper is only a kernel, allthough distributions like RedHat are available. Since you are developing software you should look at some of the "Ready out of the box" development tools: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/devel.html If you look closely you will see that there is a Linux Cross Development package. If you deploy on FreeBSD you can also use Linux compatibility down the road. I hope your find FreeBSD to be the best solution for your application. Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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