Re: To freeBSD or not freeBSD
From: RexFelis (catlord17_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/17/03
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Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 10:01:54 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Personally, I have started using FreeBSD for more
than a few reasons.
1. License. I don't have to worry about paying
for it at a time in my life when money is tight;
I don't have to worry about stockholders deciding
how I run my computer.
2. Stability. Unbeatable. It just works, and
never flinches. Check out netcraft.com's top 50
uptimes. No linux anywhere. Linux is very good
at this; FreeBSD is great. I have not had much
trouble with Linux, but I have had more than with
FreeBSD, under the same circumstances.
3. Unity. FreeBSD is FreeBSD, no distros to
worry about. No distro wars, either.
4. Community. In my experience, the FreeBSD
community has been great. They're willing to
encourage and assist more than any other OS
community I have seen. These Mmailing lists are
set up for that sort of thing.
5. The 'make world' command, et al. I can update
the source code and rebuild the entire operating
system from scratch, including kernel, in a few
commands. Configuring and building a custom
kernel is exceedingly easy too.
6. Ports. Instead of days spent looking for
dependencies and resolving compatibility with
installed stuff, I type
cd /usr/ports/audio/audacity && make install
clean
Then I surf the web and chat while I wait for
everything to be downloaded, verified, unpacked,
patched, compiled, installed, and cleaned up
after.
7. Because FreeBSD, in my experience, stands up
to tinkering better than Linux.
8. Because FreeBSD is more mature code, and the
goal isn't frantic bleeding edge development. At
the same time, everything is actually kept up to
date. You get the best of both worlds.
Don't get me wrong; Linux is a great operating
system. It just does not suit my needs anymore.
My mother and girlfriend run Linux, and it'll be
fine for them for the rest of their days. They
don't want to tinker or get under the hood and
build experimental kernels and such. It's just
much easier for me to use FreeBSD.
Hope this helps. :)
RexFelis
--- Trish <failte@sentex.net> wrote:
> Hello freebsd-newbies,
>
> I'm wondering why you picked freeBSD over
> other distros. I'm
> getting ready to build my first Linux box and
> I admit, I have not fully
> researched all the options yet, but am
> looking at freeBSD on the
> recommendation of, well, my son. I take him
> seriously as he is
> already running linux (though not freeBSD as
> yet - that's his and
> my upcoming project), he and his friends are
> no slouches at this stuff, typical techie
> teenagers, and have the time to
> do such things. I have less. However, I'm
> interested in what the
> actual user community has to say.
>
> I get the impression there is significant
> support available, apps and drivers are
> available and configurable
> and it's not a nightmare to run. But that's
> just an impression and
> I haven't compared it enough with anything
> else.
>
> So if anyone cares to venture a point of
> view, I'd be interested to
> hear it. Thanks! :)
>
> --
> Trish
> mailto:failte@sentex.net
>
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