Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 14:10:41 -0800 From: Tim Uckun <tim@diligence.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: first install Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020216140026.00a4b1e0@mail.diligence.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020216194104.15710A-100000@relay.boerde.de> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020216130909.047cbeb8@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
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>Hello,
>
>i don't want to put this into a new thread.... but does anybody
>know where i can review some 'newer' comparisons between FreeBSD-4.x
>and Linux.
>So far i only found a quite outdated webpage 'bout this topic.
As a person who recently installed my first freebsd I would like this as
well. It seems to me though that it's pretty much a subjective thing. I
have experience with debian, redhat and now freebsd. They each have their
strengths and weaknesses. I use Red Hat on my laptop because it supports
the sound cards and the video cards so well, I use debian on a server or
two. I am currently migrating some of the production servers to freebsd.
I chose freebsd for production servers for one reason only. Debian stable
is too old, debian unstable and testing are too unstable. I am thinking
that freebsd is updated more frequently then debian stable and is just as
stable (if not more so). I have no real performance demands on these
machines and none of them are running X so those things don't concern me.
So far so good. I have had problems with one port (cvsd) which installed in
a non working condition. According to my research cvsd is now considered
"obsolete" and people prefer ssh tunneling for cvs access. I probably still
need to get pserver working for the wincvs people but I am sure there is a
solution someplace. One nice thing about freebsd was the the apache server
denied access to CVS directories by default (it's the little things that
count the most).
Like I said so far so good. I am going to try configuring a firewall this
weekend on my home machine (which I also converted to freebsd) so I have my
fingers crossed.
In nutshell. Freebsd and Linux are sufficiently different as to render
most comparisons invalid. It's an apples to oranges thing IMHO.
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Tim Uckun
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