From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 12:17:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA08422 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA08404 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:17:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA00670; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:16:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:16:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Pedro Fehlauer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3495BADD.43F4@internet.siscotel.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Pedro Fehlauer wrote: > I didn't find this question in the FAQ. So please tell me, which OS is > better, Linux or FreeBSD ? You want FreeBSD if: 1. You want to set up a high-performance network server. 2. You don't want it to crash all the time. 3. You want to get prompt service and have people know what you're running. > I have only little experience with Linux and I find it good. But I must > upgrade, and I'm evaluating to choose FreeBSD. Is it worth to make the > change ? Yes, in my opinion ;-) FreeBSD is, well, free, so find a spare disk and give it a try. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major