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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:8320 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6723 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bigbang.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <CGC6nH.J08@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN References: <2brq1b$a8j@news.ysu.edu> <2bs065$1gd@news.cs.tulane.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 16:47:40 GMT Lines: 37 In article <2bs065$1gd@news.cs.tulane.edu> cajho@uno.edu writes: >Hmmm. If Linux is so scary and NetBSD so nice, why so many Linux users and >why is Linux growing so damn fast? It just seems like Linux exploded... >This is a serious question, not a jab at the BSD folks. I am wondering what it >is about Linux that is causing this... > I use FreeBSD (and like it). There are a -few- areas that need to be worked on in NetBSD before I will switch. I look forward to the day when I can. Around here, Linux is the way people go. Being personally biased towards Free/NetBSD, I try to encourate people to at least consider alternate systems to Linux. In the end, the fact is that most of the people around here are cheap. I mean $$$ cheap. Literally. They don't want to deal with the resources (mostly hard disk) required to set up a *BSD system. Most don't have the disk space right off to make things work. Linux has been so seductive around here because it promises good performance with a mimimal demand on hardware. It is a trade off ... a trade off that I think hits many in the pocket book. It is a trade off that, I think, people wind up paying for in the end with a somewhat luke warm version of unix. In the end they generally wind up wanting to do things that I do in FreeBSD that they can't do in Linux. So, obviously I think that Linux is a great package for someone wanting a Unix/X system with no investment in hardware. But if you got the resources, don't mess around with it. You get what you pay for. Hey, this is my personal opinion. Don't burn me for it! Jim