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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <stephen+usenet@farrell.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87pvvjnrbg.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 19 Sender: sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 References: <5jp9iq$muf@horus.utw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 13:51:47 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39712 root@chris.dawtech.com (root) writes: the only reasonable answer to this is try it out. people have had experiences both ways, and there are some people that will try to mislead you one way or the other for some silly reason. they're both incredibly reliable, high quality operating systems, though for OS x, driver m might be better than in OS y (and vice-versa), which can be a motivating factor. (speaking of which -- what problem were you having with linux? in the past i've vacillated between the two thinking one was unstable when, in the end, the system was unstable with either OS, and the hardware, not software, was to blame). --steve farrell > I've heard the FreeBSD is a better OS than Linux for things like WWW and FTP server. I've heard that is is more robust, less buggy (whatever that means) and I'd like to know the opinions of FreeBSD users about this. I haven't had problems with my Linux server, but I am very interested in the posibility of more reliable security. All comments are appreciated. > > --Chris > www.christaylor.com