Re: Server OS Decision

Bill Vermillion wrote:

I also like the FreeBSD [or any of the BSD's] because of
the 'unified system' and being layed out so logically
and not poluting the OS with user files like other OSes tend to do.

Thanks for the replies, Bill and Chris.

My apologies to all for asking such
a vague question ;)

The reason I asked the question here
is that I haven't found any useful
reviews, comparisons or benchmarks
that I can use to help me to decide.

Since I'll be doing this installation
on weekends, I think I'll just try
installing FreeBSD and see how things go.

I have no experience at all running
FreeBSD, which version should I install?
I have 6.2-RELEASE burned on to CDs already.
Is there any reason not to use that one?

Steve.
.

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