FreeBSD is a good OS but it doesn't offer a world of differences from linux. Linux is nicelypackaged and have many goodies but freeBSD has ports.(OK They are been ported to linux but I think they haven't been picked enough). But freeBSD doesn't give you apt-get where you can update the binary packages. Ports are always about source and believe me frying your machine while triying to compile Qt+Entire KDE is not every morning tea especially given the rate of KDE updates.(OK You can compile incrementally but by the time you recollect that you need to update KDE, there will be more than 100MB patch for it's source..)
My advice is if you know one system and are happy with it, stick with it. Especially on desktop. On server side linux doesn't do much bad than freeBSD. May be a little if that's acceptable to you. Make urpmi/Mandrake,update/RHL, apt-get/debian your friend and you won't miss much anyway... Shridhar Soumava Das wrote: > Hi, > I want to know the pros and cons of using Linux vis a vis > FreeBSD both as a server OS and desktop OS. Any pointers to > resources comparing the two OSs will be useful. > Also, many think that FreeBSD is the way to go (Suresh at least > thinks so). Then why is Linux so popular and supported by companies, > since both are free and open source? > I am aware that this topic is more suited to linux-general list but > I am not a member of that list and cannot post. So, excuse me. > > Soumava > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
