From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 18:50:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB90C106567D for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexsm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A3E8FC32 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so433594fxm.3 for ; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:50:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=ymRi9WT/Lh8i/SxWVkus2zveHTQnfPv7FWYJwUII23M=; b=QBVSCFh2K7EKH8i02Q4poOymYx6JiYBhiV0L1kwTU4cUdhZ8cHBWTX5DLMvSvkGVgQ 6mOriVxHZ9XUB4khUk2QaDQsag0xM2/aPRMt5+yIk44lk7vwEqUtcTcGZduiJYAV4Pa4 aGLfg+eoviNrgV0hAIZCaYCSO+HX7CPsEtD64= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=v8o4BkHzPWtGK4fZnG6pxBPvxwf96Humwui8ZTeH+TRV7LnUFaBI1eHypuAPp6hL58 FX1hXDnhDIc0jdnb/C04xiT48UVs8/mvvfIYH8FKFV6n5icUv77Bbu0JgUTK2EG+jiBd G+OVOKQiVNljg+Dxz7mdG7l/8HqIjTv+JII5U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.184.9 with SMTP id w9mr506753hbg.120.1267469449270; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:50:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <9d972bed1003010724g5b64123ap5ff18c408dc0a7e@mail.gmail.com> <20100301114445.GB26935@apollo.podro.com> <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com> From: Alex Moura Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:50:29 -0300 Message-ID: To: FreeBSD Chat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:50:54 -0000 2010/3/1 Roger > (...) > > Performance under heavy load is another thing linux users probably > > aren't aware of. (I wasn't!) > > Could you elaborate on this point? If you don't mind. I'm always in the > hunt for opportunities to learn what others have experienced. > > > It's hard to find a hosting provider that'll do FreeBSD, this I assume > > is because people aren't asking for it and people aren't asking for it > > because they probably don't know about it (or why it's good for server > > level stuff) > > > > I'm with you on this one. It still puzzles me. Even though I'm not qualify > yet to provide any theories :) > I thought there was plenty of options for FreeBSD hosting around, given its popularity. Googling this string makes it spit a lot of results, including jails hostings. freebsd '(vps|hosting)' > > > Clearly, some "marketing" is needed if we are to have choices in the > > future about hosting. > > > > It's not linux users in particular though, a lot of people who *make the > > decisions* don't even know what linux is, they just hear a lot of hype > > about it and figure "everyone else is using linux, so it must be > > better". > > > > I agree with you. My boss understand nothing about Linux yet we are using > it. > Just to quote my boss. "I don't love Linux but I hate it more that Linux". > I'm working in a master plan to bring FreeBSD to the light ;). Any tips > would be welcome :). > Start here: FreeBSD Advocacy http://www.freebsd.org/advocacy/ And there are some enlightening references: FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-comparison/article.html Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix - From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html FreeBSD Project Administration and Management http://www.freebsd.org/administration.html Regards, Alex