2011/4/12 Ryan Whelan <[email protected]>: > Watching the mailing list, it -seems- like BSDs are more prevalent on the > soekris platforms then Linux. I've only ever used Linux ( a custom > Buildroot build and hand-rolled kernel ). I am NOT trying to troll, and I > know this is a technical mailing list, but I'm really curious why those that > chose BSDs chose them? Without being a BSD user, I'm hoping to get some > insight into what I don't know.
I say if you are not in a giant hurry, choose one you don't know but think might be of value. Even if it is just RPM-base vs. Debian-based or some such. I get my fill of various Linux flavors at work and prefer FreeBSD (and NanoBSD for Soekris) for my own pleasure...and at work to when I can get away with it which is happily fairly common. I should taste my own medicine and try DragonFly or some such, but have not gotten around to it yet. A big reason I like FreeBSD is that I feel much closer to the source code with the ports system. Usually if I really want to get something working, I can hack at it long enough to do so. When I am relying on packages, I feel more helpless and confused when things are not working right. It takes time to rebuild everything from source, but it is a constant know amount of time and it usually it solves my problems. That is simply not my experience when I have troubles with package repositories (though admittedly my problems are often user error and/or ignorance on my part.) Oh ya...and PF rocks! > I really want to know the reasons for the decision, not start a flame war- I > promise Sh#*&$ happens... Best of luck with it. - Tom > ryan > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
