From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 18:37:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 A1AAE16A420 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pjuels@rics.bwh.harvard.edu) Received: from helios.mgh.harvard.edu (helios.mgh.harvard.edu [132.183.242.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1ADC43D58 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:37:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pjuels@rics.bwh.harvard.edu) Received: from [132.183.243.81] (ares.mgh.harvard.edu [132.183.243.81]) by helios.mgh.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE9929CCA for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:37:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43CD397B.70201@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:37:47 -0500 From: Philip Juels User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <7349.212.160.155.37.1137518111.squirrel@poczta.b.win.pl> In-Reply-To: <7349.212.160.155.37.1137518111.squirrel@poczta.b.win.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux 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: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:37:32 -0000 At the risk of getting flamed...someone somewhere in the Usenet universe summed linux as "the most self-incompatible OS." It's one of the unfortunate side-effects of the myriad of different distributions. And a lot of work must be done to compile apps from source in linux if you can't find an rpm bundle. On the other hand, with BSD, when it comes to "apps", BSD either can't do it at all or BSD does it VERY well...better than just about any freely available OS. Of course, that depends on your definition of "apps". That being said, I use both linux and BSD. At home, I use BSD for things like a firewall, website, fileserver, sendmail...common network applications where I want stability and simplicity. For "playing around" I use linux...cause if I break it, I can re-install from CD/DVD quickly. So, at home I use BSD for "production" systems, but linux for more "desktop" like stuff. At work, its the opposite. We use RHEL3 or 4 for production systems and use Fedora and SuSE for desktop. That's primarily because support comes from an identifiable (call-able) source such as Redhat or Novell and patching of the systems is easy. Not to mention the hardware vendor guarantee's compatibility (mention BSD to them and they look at you funny). Also, some commercial enterprise applications like Oracle database don't run natively on BSD. However, I do use the BSD's for custom things like firewalls and utility systems (cd/dvd burning, etc). --PJ poczta@gbkonto.net wrote: >What is the essential difference >between FreeBSD and Linux (Fedora for instance)? >Where can I find any list of differences? >What/Where are the advantages of FreeBSD vs Linux? >Greetings >Greg > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >