From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 20:45:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A612F106564A for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 20:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317988FC08 for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 20:45:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi17 with SMTP id i17so3530059bkv.13 for ; Fri, 04 May 2012 13:45:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lK9F/lNeW36pgMrdGl6tie3+tkqSuvnYjnS6WlExj70=; b=TTzcJyIYqfQELRlvtV3bZQMEDs+uE0vJxpB24Smh9RvJndb1DZeePEamqFQH5+AzFy CKmABj0m36F2yPzkaRA9zeKNCokPpT7vuIUbfSpTtqZOEKDIIYPRmSNkapIHk1B+HntC YP7nu7vK3dpKU9TRCQzBPXysmZZdWJapiI9wyr1O5TsS+Yd3TtkZ3oD40Ncs21ZL1fJh sqK5jJBPZgcJbjTGMjjnTtRO09zgu2Xzmn1p37R4TEACJhaIVSSmPucTOFS+D5RF/q74 l9lCUL7FdnYUldqD9CPMYDYW9VuStCtcENaYzcC9MgfC602U02F7zJjUHUJ9/rL0M6XJ vI8w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.133.210 with SMTP id hz18mr2521484bkc.117.1336164318029; Fri, 04 May 2012 13:45:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.157.11 with HTTP; Fri, 4 May 2012 13:45:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FA43484.6020909@locolomo.org> References: <4FA41738.4040901@kleppnett.no> <4FA43484.6020909@locolomo.org> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 16:45:17 -0400 Message-ID: From: Outback Dingo To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 20:45:19 -0000 On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Erik N=F8rgaard wro= te: > On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > >> So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just wanted to ask if >> anyone here had an opinion what 2 install of the BSDs ? Or perhaps >> FreeBSD 6.4 is a good choice ( I have not tested Open or Net BSD so >> FreeBSD is my hometurf) The machine will probably be a server to have >> fun with and hopefully learn something from. Perhaps some server role in >> my rig, routing, security etc..... >> >> Any advise would be nice :) QNX will not run on the Alpha architecture, freeBSD 6.4 in my opinion is still the far better choice for anything alpha the only other thing i would recommend oin that platorm would be OpenVMS from the hobbyist kit. But then again I only run real Operating systems on my Alphas :) > > > A few things you could consider: > > - which OS seems to be the most active? I recall NetBSD was about a dead = end > a few years ago, but maybe they got back. > > - which OS seems to offer you the best learning oportunity? If you're > interested in security OpenBSD might be a choice. > > ... but then, why not try both, it's free. > > Or consider something completely different? If I had to go BSD, and not > FreeBSD, I'd go with OpenBSD for the security. But I'd much rather like t= o > try a microkernel system like QNX if that would be an alternative. > > BR, Erik > > -- > M: +34 666 334 818 > T: +34 915 211 157 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"