Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:06:39 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? Message-ID: <DA244748E48EE7B917AB05F2@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <af8b40ce0610151526h6aba1785mb77eb2a76e69fdfa@mail.gmail.com> References: <af8b40ce0610151526h6aba1785mb77eb2a76e69fdfa@mail.gmail.com>
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--==========2D53FD208D385D0484E9========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 15, 2006 3:26:02 PM -0700 William Tracy=20 <afishionado@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD > can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back. > Well, let's see. As a server, I have worked with Windows, Solaris,=20 Gentoo, RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, Slackware, OpenBSD and FreeBSD. All my=20 servers are FreeBSD now, except for the ones that require Windows and=20 don't give me an otpion. That should tell you something. Features that I like that I consider better than other *nixes: 1) The install - the install is simple and easy to follow. Furthermore,=20 you can run the installer any time you want by running sysinstall,=20 something that often requires inserting a CD (or copying the CD to the=20 hard drive) on other OSes. 2) The OS - it has all the tools you need without any of the bloat. Yes,=20 it requires that you actually learn Unix, but that's not a bad thing.=20 Built-in perl. Built-in tcpdump. 3) The kernel. I've done kernel rebuilds on Linux. Trust me, freebsd is=20 much easier. make buildkernel, make buildworld, make installkernel,=20 reboot, run mergemaster, make installworld, run mergemaster again. And I=20 can do it in an ssh session without having to worry about running to the=20 console. 4) The ports system. I have at my fingertips everything I need to install = anything I need. And if it's not there, just ask. Someone will create=20 the port. Complex apps that require the installation of a number of items = (dependencies) are often so daunting that people don't even want to tackle = them. In FreeBSD, the port does all of that for you. What's left? Oh - performance. FreeBSD just works. I've never had a=20 crash. I've never had sluggish performance. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========2D53FD208D385D0484E9==========--
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