Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:03:15 +0100 From: Mathias Menzel-Nielsen <matze@matzsoft.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <43CD3F73.2040003@matzsoft.de> In-Reply-To: <eed667140601170942g72091997i2cacb57927e35356@mail.gmail.com> References: <7349.212.160.155.37.1137518111.squirrel@poczta.b.win.pl> <eed667140601170942g72091997i2cacb57927e35356@mail.gmail.com>
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Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT wrote: >hi, >kernel is one of the differences ;) >freebsd uses generic kernel. >and one other important difference is freebsd doest not support my intel >high definition audio card :( >so no sound for years :'( [other distros debian, suse ... support my card.] >instead of yum or apt-get, you have ports in freebsd.[ which is more >efficient! this is my opinion of course ;)] >fedora, debian or suse can be used as an OS for PCs, but freebsd mostly used >as a server. not much suitable for PC usage. >. >. >. >bla bla bla. >regards, >bye. > > imho the seperation of Linux=Multimedia-Home-Use, FreeBSD=Server is no longer valid these days... My hardware is fully supported by FreeBSD and in fact some of it was supported earlier on FreeBSD than on Linux. For example, the Brooktree bktr(4) Video-Capture driver existed first on FreeBSD, also high-speed cd-burning was not possible on Linux without eating all available cpu-time, before kernel 2.6 -- at that time FreeBSD burned my cd's at 52x-speed without noticeable cpu-usage. Multimedia was always a glance on FreeBSD -- dvd-playback/record, xvid-encoding, tv-capturing, blender -- all ever worked like a champ. Additionally to that, i would never move back to a linux distro, simply because their archaic package-management is not half as reliable in day-to-day-use as the FreeBSD ports tree. I am running the same FreeBSD install since 4.9 and it was easy and non-problematic to update to even major release changes. Even if that criticism doesnt apply as much to gentoo, which has some good efforts to use a "ports-tree" under Linux, I just prefer the original :) in the end, the old question of the "best OS" is a waste in any case -- just take the os wich suits your needs and makes you feel comfortable. But pushing FreeBSD in the "Server-OS -- No multimedia possible"-corner does not represents its current state. Sorry, I dont want to start a FreeBSD vs. Linux Discussion -- just giving my 2 cents... greetings Matze
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