Hi Mike,
thanks for that informed answer, having had little experience with either
flavour of OS probably the most important thing to me would be the
community/support/software issues,
cheers,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Wyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Donnerstag, 16. November 2000 18:42
Subject: Re: freebsd versus linux
>On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, John Gold wrote:
>
>>Hi, I am in the process of setting up a web/database server and was
>>wondering if anyone had any comments regarding the operating system. I
>>was all set to use linux but have heard that freebsd is pretty good -
>>has anyone had any experience in this area?
>
>Depends what you mean by "good". As far as I can tell, the best OS is
>the one you feel most comfortable with and can admin most effectively-
>all the technical superiority of a system is worthless if you can't use
>it. If you feel more comfortable in Linux, the chances are that you will
>admin a Linux server better than you would a FreeBSD one, irrespective
>of whether any random BSD guru could do better- they're not you.
>
>Our best servers are the ones we understand best and can therefore
>configure and update properly. Our last manager loved FreeBSD but no-one
>else did- while he was here the FreeBSD servers worked well. Now,
>because there is no-one to admin them, they are the most unstable and
>least popular.
> Likewise, at the time our Sun servers were awful, but having taken on
>a Solaris nut, they're now doing a lot of the work the BSD boxes were
>doing before. It all depends on the people and their experience, much
>more than the technical specs of the OS.
>
>That said, our web and database servers both run on Linux, because I
>admin them, and I'm waaay better at Linux support than anything else.
>Despite what the FreeBSD folks would have you believe, it is much easier
>to get support and software for Linux than freebsd, excellent though the
>ports system may be.
>
>Cheers,
>Mike
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