The FreeBSD development model only lets a *small* number of people have
> commit access to the kernel. Anyone can contribute but their additions
> must be cleared. This is different form the community approach of Linux.
it is? how so? Linus approves all official changes to the kernel tree..
> And yes, Linux emulation is as fast as native Linux. I have no numbers
> but Quake2 runs fast on FreeBSD. Netscape-linux runs fast too. There is a
> FreeBSD binary now but before that it was not a speed issue.
from what I've herad, most people use the linux binary because the FBSD
binary is unstable :) not an arg against FreeBSd, just a little tidbit
I've heard from a lot of FBSD users..
> I must say that the one issue I do agree with the Linux sucks guy on is
> the prevalent attitude of the two groups. While that page shows I am
> probably wrong, I tend to rarely hear anything but smart, reasonable
> discussions from the FreeBSD advocates. Linux users (this list being the
> exception) tend to always yell "I have no idea what I am talking about, but
> Linux RULES!" I tend to chalk this up to there just being a much larger
> Linux user base so the voice of reason gets drowned out by the idiots. All
> I can say is try it out. I doubt many people here will not find it at
> least as cool as Linux.
I'd disagree with this.. I deal with people all over the country, I
recently attended comdex and spoke with just about everyone in the Linux
International pavilion, including the Walnut Creek guys across the way who
had little FreeBSD demons (daemons?) all over the place ;p I'm a member of
6 Linux User groups, one in San Antonio, three in Austin, the Bay Area
LUG, and Silicon Valley LUG.. I interface with just about every other
existing lug in my job.. if you ask stupid people, you get stupid answers,
no matter what OS.. some of the most interesting people I've ever meet,
related to computers at least, were members of the Linux community.. I'm
not saying FreeBSD users are any different, In fact I'm trying to say that
they aren't :) the OS people use has nothing to do with whether or not
they know what they are talking about..
anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin to it.. Linux Rules, and I know
why :) FreeBSD might, too, I don't have time to play with it right now..
if you're running a box that does nothing but file and/or web serving, or
other minor tasks, for the most part it doesn't make a difference.. most
servers are not near their capacity, this is a good thing of course,a nd
it's extremely cheap to buy a server that, for normal uses, won't ever use
its' full capacity.. if you're serving up a billion hits a day or 500
windows clients, every bit counts and you need to see which is better..
-Justin
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