From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 1 2: 0:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE98137B400 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 02:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta07.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta07.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5864943E4A for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 02:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta07.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020801090008.NWHZ11169.mta07.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:00:08 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020801185228.01d62450@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 18:59:48 +1000 To: Michael Dexter From: Rob B Subject: Re: FreeBSD from RedHat questions, I'm non on list Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 At 18:17 1/08/2002, Michael Dexter sent this up the stick: >One evangelist may be able to answer all of these. I am considering a move >from RedHat Linux (5.2-7.2) to FreeBSD and I have some concerns. In short, >I need some convincing and some understanding of the rationale behind >FreeBSD's design. Not an evangelist, but I use both Linux (Debian) and FreeBSD, and I'm happy with both. Quite frankly I couldn't care for the details of the respective licences, I like the fact that they are both free (as in beer) and both have an active user base. >1. BASE theory: I admire the RedHat base. It is made entirely of smaller >packages. >Why is sendmail in the FreeBSD base but not CSVup? Does this suggest the >Base set in stone, perhaps at the mercy of the 4.4 BSD Lite model or >something? Is sendmail's inclusion reflect your opinion that it is better >than say, postfix? "That's how it's always been?" Base is pretty much set in stone because FreeBSD is an "operating system", not a collection of apps running under a kernel (as Linux is) Why sendmail? Most likely because "That's how it's always been?". Mind you, I don't use Sendmail - ever. I use Postfix. Real simple to change mailservers with the mailwrapper feature. >3. RAID. Is there any official support for software raid 0, 1 and 5? I see >mention of NetBSD RaidFrame ports but none seem to be complete. Linux's >raidtools do not appear to have been ported. Any options? vinum is your friend here >4. Freshness: As I watch to see which distribution produces a PHP 4.2.2 >package or port first, I am curious if you have any guidelines as to how >timely port updates (often security fixes) can be expected. Related: can >a new install be built of fresh packages or ports? Need I install the base >and then download sources and re-compile? Ports are different from the base system in that only the comitters can update base. PHP (in your example) is not part of base, so any security updates are mostly made by the upstream maintainer, rather than the FreeBSD packager. >5. Jails. Very attractive but you might want to mention them in the >handbook. Any official docs. man jail? Cheers, Robe -- Humans: Bet you can't eat just one. This is random quote 545 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message