On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Erik Nørgaard <norga...@locolomo.org> wrote: > On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > >> So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just wanted to ask if >> anyone here had an opinion what 2 install of the BSDs ? Or perhaps >> FreeBSD 6.4 is a good choice ( I have not tested Open or Net BSD so >> FreeBSD is my hometurf) The machine will probably be a server to have >> fun with and hopefully learn something from. Perhaps some server role in >> my rig, routing, security etc..... >> >> Any advise would be nice :)
QNX will not run on the Alpha architecture, freeBSD 6.4 in my opinion is still the far better choice for anything alpha the only other thing i would recommend oin that platorm would be OpenVMS from the hobbyist kit. But then again I only run real Operating systems on my Alphas :) > > > A few things you could consider: > > - which OS seems to be the most active? I recall NetBSD was about a dead end > a few years ago, but maybe they got back. > > - which OS seems to offer you the best learning oportunity? If you're > interested in security OpenBSD might be a choice. > > ... but then, why not try both, it's free. > > Or consider something completely different? If I had to go BSD, and not > FreeBSD, I'd go with OpenBSD for the security. But I'd much rather like to > try a microkernel system like QNX if that would be an alternative. > > BR, Erik > > -- > M: +34 666 334 818 > T: +34 915 211 157 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"