[BBLISA] Comparison of BSD vs Linux? (here goes the flame war!)

[Dean Anderson]

Good history!

I concur completely with these conclusions, except I'm not convinced
about openbsd security---security is the goal---but its basically just
SunOS 4.1.3 retrogrades. And I note that you _still_ can't get a good
linux NFS server. Linux servers are fine for other things, web, mysql,
afs, etc.

I've also been running Aurora Linux (fedora something...never quite in
sync with the regular fedora releases) on sparcs.  Its faster than
solaris, but I'm running opensolaris on my desktop at home. Still can't
beat solaris on the desktop---linux is just going the wrong way.

		--Dean

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Steven M Jones wrote:
> 
> I generally prefer FreeBSD (or Solaris) for server roles, for the sake
> of stability and manageability. That includes using FreeBSD for
> firewalls and web servers. However I'm really disappointed that I can't
> have FreeBSD as the host OS for Xen... When I complain about that to
> other FreeBSD users, the usual response I get is that jails are meeting
> most peoples' needs.
>
> I have been using RedHat/Fedora for years now for desktop and laptop
> applications. It's just been easier to do that and usually have
> everything ready out of the box with all manner of add-ons (Acrobat,
> Flash, etc) without a lot of fuss. Many years ago (2000) I used RedHat
> for all production uses in a startup, and it met those needs adequately.
> 
> 
> Wow, what a lot of hot air! Hope this was at least amusing or
> entertaining for the list.
> 
> --Steve.
> 
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