I remember a time when all there was known to me about operating systems
was Apple Basic vs. IBM DOS. Eventually, as I learned about BBS', and this
new thing called "The Internet", I learned that for large networks, the
UNIX operating system is the most frequently used. I saw IRIX, Solaris,
FreeBSD, Linux, etc etc etc. It seems to me that Linux is the one that
gets pushed most to home users? (Maybe because of Red Hat's efforts to make
it easy to install?) However, it seems to me that FreeBSD is a faster OS
and can run linux apps faster in emulation that linux runs itself. Yahoo
and even microsoft use FreeBSD for their bigass web servers. Isn't it true
that programs written for other flavors of UNIX are more universal because
/usr/include/linux makes code written for linux incompatible with other
UNIXes? Isn't it also true that because Linux doesn't have a standard
distribution that it makes it far more difficult to fix actual problems
with the kernel source? Isn't it also true that FreeBSD has fewer
licensing restrictions and is more open source because you actually get the
kernel source instead of just modules and binaries like linux? Please
correct me where I'm wrong on any of this, but it seems to me that if we
want an OS revolution where one company doesn't end up controlling
everything (*cough* microsoft *cough*) then we would want a completely
free, completely open source OS. It seems to me after reading an article
on CNET News.com that Red Hat may just be trying to head in that direction.
The only advantage that I can see at all in running Linux over FreeBSD
would be the ability to use vmware (allows multitasking OSs), but if you're
going to multitask OSs, one of them will most likely be NT which vmware
also runs on. So, before I go delete my Linux partition and install
FreeBSD, would anyone like to make any comments? Also, if you're interested
in some of the negative aspects of Linux, check out www.spatula.net and
click "Why Linux Sucks". Also....is there a SigFreeBSD if no one is able
to convince me to stick with Linux? :)
L8z....sorry for rambling, and I hope nobody calls me a commie or a traitor
(or flames me) for openly analyzing two free UNIXes, and not finding Linux
on top....
George Winn
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