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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!newshub.csu.net!mars!hshaw From: hshaw@mars.calstatela.edu (-FORGE-) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux and FreeBSD: Differences? Date: 3 Feb 1996 22:56:19 GMT Organization: Information Resources and Technology Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4f0p6j$2sq@nuke.csu.net> References: <4drq9h$o2m@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <4eijr5$mrt@venus.os.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mars.calstatela.edu Craig Shrimpton (craigs@os.com) wrote: : In article <4drq9h$o2m@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, : ahupp@primenet.com (Adam Hupp) wrote: : >I have read alot of documentation from both Linux and BSD. Could : >someone tell me the differences between the two? Is one considered : >better than the other or is it a matter of taste? : There were eight major differences between the two that I considered when : choosing FreeBSD or Linux. : 1) FreeBSD is secure, Linux is not. (Linux has way too many suid programs) : 2) If you run INN, FreeBSD is the way to go. : 3) FreeBSD has faster networking than Linux. : 4) Linux has better screen and keyboard features. : 5) Linux makes a better web server. (Apache seemed "snappier" on Linux) : 6) FreeBSD is "brain dead" simple to set-up. (Linux took a year to set-up, : FreeBSD about an hour) [snip] Craig.. if it took you a year to setup Linux ( which took me about an hour after d/l the boot and root disks), you sure your a consultant? : Craig : Shrimpton Consulting Orbit Systems : Craig Shrimpton Email: craigs@os.com : 17 Monroe Avenue Phone: (508)753-8776 : Worcester, MA 01602 http://www.os.com/ -- T.Shaw EE/CS student California State University, Los Angeles