From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 16:18:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DF410656C6 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from britneyfreek@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f170.google.com (mail-bw0-f170.google.com [209.85.218.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED3988FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from britneyfreek@googlemail.com) Received: by bwz18 with SMTP id 18so6435987bwz.19 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:18:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Bet16FQkbvsLmdzF9B6Na0VYSCECLjEuRdbOoK5Z4Hc=; b=TTOo+4OYvesDiMNO7uGOSpJ6BdMAaDTqdRqjcLX416BXOEZ3EuTXMtGKsopvgnFAT4 RImXc3MZCsVJoHyRh5InwBcqAPEbLZ1fr78A/nPgKOSzickSAJha9IQm+ak6Ch1VHV/U Sh651q3ZwaEYXmXvVfy4RU5DVmFKEGHF3mROM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=XWpnoEBXSyrFnORZYrovvlpMIQEcV+RPUWkz6SObcVdYScDcOoY6i8JTbmne2+yOIq OPQ/sZiUS5mOS7Xk7V70VF6WrgFHmt65UrhpUXAZHhxM151U3VgXjKQ3rh8/jP4wK3iV v4TfA2DEtzlPY8icvF2v3Ri1ghPsa7odGes9Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.115.16 with SMTP id g16mr5113323faq.93.1235404077958; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:47:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <139b44430902230006q310a2a39gb9f7ea9fe3ad0953@mail.gmail.com> References: <139b44430902230006q310a2a39gb9f7ea9fe3ad0953@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:47:57 +0100 Message-ID: <2ad621ab0902230747w31b05455jcc8368b3a891385@mail.gmail.com> From: britneyfreek To: freebsd-pf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: a "strange" question about OSs X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:17 -0000 linux is in many ways very similar to bsd.i'd suggest using debian as it is known to be very stable. and better use debian 5.0 (aka 'lenny') which is the current stable release. if you like more up-to-date software _and_ a high level of stability, try testing (currently called 'squeeze') - or completely switch to ubuntu server (debian-based distro). there are people saying _not_ to use anything other than stable in production but i've made only positive experiences with testing in production environements - provided that you know what you're doing with the system. - b 2009/2/23 Valentin Bud > Hello Community, > > The following question may sound very ackward but was OS is suitable from > the following list > to replace FBSD: > > - OpenSUSE 10.3 > - Debian 4.0 > - CentOS 5 > > The company i work for wants to change the provider because of the > economical crisis to > save some money. The actual provider gave us the chance to install our OS > but the one > they chose as a replacement doesn't give any other choice besides the above > mentioned. > > I work for 2 years in IT and FBSD is the only OS i have ever used in > production. I like it and > learned it a little bit. It is going to be a steep learning curve with the > new OS which I'm not afraid > of but i would like to chose a suitable OS and one that has some > similarities with FBSD. > > thank you, > v > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >