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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007 8:30 AM, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: >> I'm in a class at Usenix/Lisa and the instructor is a BSD fan and hates >> Linux. I'd like to get insight from the list of viewpoints, security, >> comparisons, package availability, etc, of the differences between the >> basic worlds of UNIX-like distros. > > Viewpoints: > BSD does not run on laptops as well as Linux does -- hardware support > is lacking. > > Security: > OpenBSD generally has Linux beat. But Openwall Linux is a strong secure distro. > > Comparisons: > BSD and Linux are very similar. The same GNU tools run on both and > the kernel does relatively the same thing :-) > > Package Availability: > Linux wins hands down. Think of all the software that is available > out-of-the-box for Linux but not BSD. You should even consider > proprietary software. Can you run VMware, Skype, etc on BSD? I never > tried. Can you have the latest Gnome desktop running on OpenBSD > without breaking everything? Possibly. How about video driver > packages? Rarely do I see 64-bit BSD driver support... > >> Second, what are the differences among Open/Free/Net BSD? > > OpenBSD == BSD + security features > FreeBSD == BSD + well maintained, easy to use > NetBSD == BSD + portability, runs on almost any architecture > >> I'm not calling for any wars. I'm looking for genuine education to >> understand the worlds between Linux and BSD, and then among the BSD >> distros. > > Was this helpful?
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