On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 05:45:15PM -1000, Matt Darnell wrote: > I think some people would appricaite just knowing when FreeBSD > is appropriate.
When your preferred server OS annoys you enough to switch. It is easier to run java on Linux. It is easier to run commerical applications on the enterprise Linux distributions. Outside of those, it becomes mostly a matter of taste. You can read or hear about the firewall configuration, package management, and software RAID management, but you only really appreciate the differences after using it for a while. For the home server box, try running a different flavor each year or two and squeeze as much functionality as you can into it. Very little is learned by installing something and letting it idle until it gets overwritten again. -Vince
