Re: FREEBSD or LINUX

From: Taki The Greek (takigreek_at_yahoo_dot_com)
Date: 05/16/05 

Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 21:59:09 -0500

chappoBluff <kilim@nozo.net> wrote in
news:um1g81h1568a59lcihhnt01vg1mh0nbm32@4ax.com:

> Just wondering if anybody here has experience with both and which one
> would you choose over the other as far as security and performance are
> concerned?
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firstly, wheather FreeBSD is better than linux? i am not qualified to
answer that question for you. bu ti will put my post.

i started with linux. i switched to BSD. my main reason was that *BSD
were more consistent. i hated having to keep track of which distro does
what how and puts what where?

mind you - i only setup servers and machines that offer services to other
machines. i don't use FreeBSD for my own personal desktop so i don't have
to deal with things like fancy X serv., cd buring, mp3 playing, movies
e.t.c..

(i still use winxp for my personal desktop - *taki runs and hides from
the crazed linux zealots chasing him down the road* - also because i have
to share my personal computer with my wife and kids - i'll be damned if i
will teach them Unix! -- everything has it's reasons)

what i really do like about FreeBSD - my personal fav. is the ports
collection. i find it very productive, user friendly and straighforward
to use. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/

you will also want to explore using OpenBSD for any perimiter network
security - firewalls, VPN sevrer, e.t.c.. they are much more stringent
security code review and overall easier to sleep at night knowing that
you implemented perimiter device that runs on OpenBSD. 

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