On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Andrew F <[email protected]> wrote: > BSD is great, but its does not have the same level of hardware support as > Linux.
That's correct, BSD has less buggy, fuller and faster support of some hardware than Linux ;) If you've got rare, fad, small, mobile or closed hardware, expect to have to read the hardware list of many OS before choosing. If you've got the same boring x86 workstation that Nx100 million others do, this is moot. BSD/Linux all have packet filters, VM's, run browsers, Tor, and every other common app out there. The differences are in the lineage, license, architecture, development, packaging, distribution and use models. And of course, what's under the hood in the kernel and libraries. Like BMW/Mercedes, picking one or the other based on forum fans without doing your own reading and playing probably isn't wise. Unless people state a specific use/problem case that has a clear answer, they're all 'best for Tor'. There are even some typical forum fans here: http://forums.freebsd.org/ In that Tails, etc are customized around some typical Tor integration parameters, they are definitely 'interesting for Tor'. The exact same could be said for a similar BSD integration. The user in question: - can't use a live cd - may be able to ditch windows (runs a vm under that for interim) So the real answer is: flip a coin and run with one till you hit a more specific wall. - is new Be certain that you learn to compile and install simple stuff like Tor from source early on. If you don't, you will become dependant upon some package system, possibly further modified by the distro. If you do, your future Unix life will be wiser. -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
