Collins Richey wrote: > Why FreeBSD? > ----------- > 1) I like to tinker, and it's fun. > 2) Descendant of one of the Grand old Ladies of Unix - BSD > 3) Reliable (most of HotMail is still running FreeBSD) > 4) Compatible - can run linux binaries > 5) Can install on tiny systems - 8Meg memory anyone? > 6) Good performance on large executables.
[...] These are all good reasons to use Linux, too ;-) Thanks for the post, I'm much more likely to try *BSD now. Perhaps either Open of Free the next server I need. Since there is less hardware support (video, audio) and the main desktop/window managers seem to be developed for Linux I think I'd stay away from a desktop machine (just me, my brother-in-law uses FreeBSD on a laptop). I also hear that, like Debian, it's easy to get the bare minimum installed with FreeBSD. Your review was well done. I appreciate the specifics rather than a "BSD rocks" post. Dave _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
