Re: Debian Linux vs BSD
I'm currently using OpenBSD 2.5, FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE, NetBSD 1.4.1, RedHat Linux 6.1
and just lately Debian 2.1. I don't know much about Debian yet aside from those that
I know about Linux in general and RedHat in particular. What I have done with Debian
so far is installing it via NFS and using apt-get to upgrade it to the latest stable
release. My experience is that I can bet my life in Linux and BSD. However I have a
preference on which OS to deploy depending on the application. For secure services I
would prefer OpenBSD. But OpenBSD does not support SMP, so at certain point I would
move to FreeBSD first then to Linux. SMP on Linux is better than FreeBSD. On the
stability side I haven't have a single crash on either FreeBSD or OpenBSD even under
heavy load. I had twice on RedHat 6.0 for the same hardware. As for the cool factor
I'm for Linux. Cool with serious technical strength.
In summary all of the above Unix variant are very good. Not a single one dominates in
every setup or application. That's why I use all of them. The only way to know it is
to try it.
Onno wrote:
> You have a healthy attitude in trying other OS's.
> Linux is good but there are OS's that suit some people
> better in a particular setup. I never tried BSD because
> I don't have the time to fully test such an install.
>
> But hey, let us all know what your findings are,
> maybe its an eye opener, maybe its a disappointment...
> We would like to know ;-)
>
> About ProFTP, the only thing I know is that OpenBSD
> is VERY security aware and it wouldn't surprise me that
> they hacked it quite a bit around before they even
> packaged it...
>
> Good luck,
>
> Onno
>
> At 01:30 PM 10/28/99 -0400, Paul McHale wrote:
> >Onno,
> >
> >Thanks for the links. Pretty awesome. Doesn't appear there is a clear cut
> >advantage of BSD over Debian Linux. It does appear to be a great
> >alternative. Maybe I will install it later to see if it is as much fun as
> >Linux. At this point Linux is a key internet server for me so I can't use
> >that PC.
> >
> >It looks pretty nice with the exception of the differences between command
> >operations. I.e. killall. I am not saying either one does it correctly,
> >simply they are different.
> >
> >There is one question. They announce openBSD ships with a secure version of
> >ProFTP. The version appears to be older than the bug version(s). Is there
> >something inherently different about BSD that it was not affected by the bug
> >?
> >
> >thanks again,
> >
> >-paul
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Onno [mailto:ebbin200@tech.nhl.nl]
> >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:58 AM
> >To: Paul McHale
> >Cc: debian-user
> >Subject: Re: Debian Linux vs BSD
> >
> >
> >
> > >Anyone know any differences between FreeBSD and (debian) Linux? I
> >currently
> > >am using debian and am pretty happy with it. My ISP uses FreeBSD. The
> > >Linux newsletter mentioned the super secure version of BSD called OpenBSD.
> > >Has anyone worked with either of these ? Are they comparable to Debian ?
> >
> >In order:
> >
> >http://www.daemonnews.org/199909/freebsd.html
> >
> >http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/10/17/2317202.shtml
> >
> >http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=bsd
> >
> >Let me know what you think of it,
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Onno
> >
> >
> >
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