Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:21:27 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20120531102127.GV39168@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <4FC742BF.4080005@my.gd> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FC742BF.4080005@my.gd>
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--L6+lUPd1XOsaFBch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06:55PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >=20 > On 5/30/12 8:20 PM, David Chisnall wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > >=20 > > This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending= it to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. = =20 > >=20 > > I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which= advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd li= ke to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. If you = had to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you p= ick? Are they the same as when you first started using it? =20 > >=20 > > David >=20 >=20 > We're using FreeBSD here only for firewall boxes. >=20 >=20 > Reasons for using FBSD for firewalls: > - CARP > - relayd > - PF > - pfsync >=20 > Reasons I can't get management to use FBSD for regular servers (web, > haproxy, db...): > - "hard" to use > - update process is "hard", time-consuming and annoying (as opposed to > debian's for example) >=20 > A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot > A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after > installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) But how often do you need to update? --L6+lUPd1XOsaFBch Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/HRicACgkQKc512sD3afj6ZgCgvKoHl+k/OZuGHQxWh/IbXd6V I4AAn2xfB7OKYZr9S00P6eppvrYdhT32 =itOA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L6+lUPd1XOsaFBch--
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