On Tuesday June 21 2005 11:26, Joseph Fruchey spake: > Without a flame war, I'd like some of your opinions on the BSD's, why > are they better/not better than Linux, compatibility issues, etc.
There was a link somewhere that went into detail about BSD having been designed, whereas Linux was grown. That's not meant as a slight against Linux --- the fact is that BSD was developed in a university setting over a span of decades. I prefer the BSD-style init (in the Linux world, Slackware uses this) over SysV. YMMV. Generally BSD will give you the minimum needed to have a running system, and little else, in contrast to some of the Linux distros such as SuSE and mandrake, (Slack and Debian are minimalist, by the way). Also BSD feels well-thought out, to me. Now that Linux is so pervasive, everyone looks at that as the standard as far as unix is concerned, but for a long time NetBSD was regarded as the benchmark OS. Again, this is from a university standpoint. Anyone could set up their network and install their apps, knowing that things would work the same way, every time. Try doing that with the dozens of Linux distros available these days --- if you have a redhat RPM from somewhere, great, but will it work on Mandrake or SuSE, or Gentoo? Maybe... if you're really lucky. Me? I use SuSE and NetBSD, and play around with a few other distros here and there. -- Joey Kelly < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > http://joeykelly.net "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050625/72d365c4/attachment.bin From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 25 23:30:37 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (-ray) Date: Sat Jun 25 23:30:40 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] BSD In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I prefer the BSD-style init (in the Linux world, Slackware uses this) > over SysV. YMMV. Mind if i ask why? When I need to restart sendmail or named, i have to go mucking through /etc/rc* files to find the command line options to start it with. It's easier to /etc/init.d/sendmail restart. Or changing IP address? Have to change the config file and run ifconfig manually. Why not just /etc/init.d/network{ing} restart. Is there any easier way to do that stuff on BSD (i haven't found one)? Sure BSD init is faster, but not a big deal when you reboot once a year. I just find SysV init scripts much more convenient for everyday admin stuff. ray
