From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 27 14:15:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 03CC516A41F for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:15:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from nic.ach.sch.gr (nic.sch.gr [194.63.238.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D3943D45 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:15:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (qmail 10856 invoked by uid 207); 27 Nov 2005 14:15:03 -0000 Received: from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr by nic by uid 201 with qmail-scanner-1.21 (sophie: 3.04/2.30/3.97. Clear:RC:1(81.186.70.193):. Processed in 0.956109 secs); 27 Nov 2005 14:15:03 -0000 Received: from dialup193.ach.sch.gr (HELO flame.pc) ([81.186.70.193]) (envelope-sender ) by nic.sch.gr (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 27 Nov 2005 14:15:00 -0000 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jAREERLa017994; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:14:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jAREER2l017993; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:14:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:14:27 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar , Sanjay Arora Message-ID: <20051127141427.GA17937@flame.pc> References: <1133075271.632.158.camel@swayam.transcontinental.co.in> <20051127115344.D77913@chylonia.3miasto.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051127115344.D77913@chylonia.3miasto.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:15:07 -0000 On 2005-11-27 11:55, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the >> difference...security...support....development stage...other pros & >> cons for each. > > People say that OpenBSD is the most secure. > I say i would be as secure as it's system administrator. > > If we talk about performance, i agree with most people's opinion :) Very, uhm, 'diplomatic' way to put it :P To the original poster: This is a question that pops up very frequently. One of the most rational responses that you will probably receive is something along the lines of: ``They both have strong and weak points. They both have some good and exciting features. They both provide an extensive toolset around a base UNIX core system, and a configurable, extensible, documented way to install third-party software. To see which one of these two fits your needs, you'll probably have to try them both and see how things work out.'' You can also search the archives of this list, as there are dozens of threads around this topic and similar ones, i.e. "NetBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD vs. Linux vs. some other OS".