From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 18 22: 6:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from posgate.acis.com.au (posgate.acis.com.au [203.14.230.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B45514DD5 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:05:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (uucp@localhost) by posgate.acis.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Debian/GNU) with UUCP id OAA10603; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 14:58:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA25194; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:32:45 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:25:36 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Mike Urban Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD for Web server? In-Reply-To: <32CB3A23.DB734EBB@webzone.net> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Mike Urban wrote: > I'm very new to FreeBSD (I got it because I am setting up a web server), > but I have some experience with Linux. I have heard that FreeBSD is a > better platform for running a web server then Linux. This is why I got > it. Honestly, is this true? I am more familliar with Linux so I would > set the web server up under it. I know Linux would have no problem > handling it at first, but I want to allow for future growth without > having to change OS's later. You don't say what sort of environment this is for. IMO, if its in a commercial ISP environment or medium-to-large corporate intranet environment, then FreeBSD has the robustness and performance to be a better choice than Linux. In a smaller scale environment either works well. The two can coexist on a machine, so install them both and try them. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message