From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 07:15:53 2003 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 32EF237B407 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:15:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub.cns.ksu.edu (grunt.ksu.ksu.edu [129.130.12.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC9143FB1 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:15:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beemern@ksu.edu) Received: from unix2.cc.ksu.edu (daemon@unix2.cc.ksu.edu [129.130.12.4]) JAA01049 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:15:51 -0500 (CDT) From: beemern@ksu.edu Received: from localhost (beemern@localhost) by unix2.cc.ksu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h3MEFmp17378 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:15:48 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: unix2.cc.ksu.edu: beemern owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:15:47 -0500 (CDT) X-X-Sender: To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: linux/freebsd kernel differences X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:15:53 -0000 theres an argument here in our office about linux vs. freebsd we're building a new nfs server for our entire dept, and i suggested using fbsd, however, an opponent put forth linux and said that: "there is no difference between linux and freebsd kernels, except that linux has much better driver support.. WHY use obscure freebsd?" anyone got any ammo i can use here? i'd really rather use fbsd since i'm much more familar with it and its never let me down (except in the area of native java support), and i believe it'd be perfect for our nfs box but i'll need some good concrete evidence to make my case.. thanks nathan