From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 11:34:05 2005 Return-Path: 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 D5B4C16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:34:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93AFD43D2D for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:34:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id CEBDB1C000A2 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:34:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B27F91C000A0 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:34:04 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212113404731.B27F91C000A0@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:33:55 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <793369596.20050212123355@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <420DE485.7040308@locolomo.org> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <420DE485.7040308@locolomo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:34:05 -0000 Erik Norgaard writes: > You can find countless comparisons suporting either as superior - just > the recent mysql benchmark supports linux/gentoo. I've worked on benchmarks in the past. Most of them are worthless. > I think FreeBSD boosts administrator performance. I spend less time > maitaining my systems and resolving dependencies or debugging, than I > did on RedHat, Debian or Gentoo. > > That time is precious, this is where you can save on the IT budget, so > using FreeBSD is a good investment. I agree. These days, I have to depend on my operating systems; I cannot afford to play around with them for hours, days, or weeks at a time. On the production system, every minute of downtime is money lost. So I need something simple and reliable. FreeBSD has proven itself to be in this category, so I run FreeBSD. -- Anthony