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Message-ID: <33C4F625.41C67EA6@together.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:48:05 -0400 From: null <null@together.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-970618-SNAP i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux References: <01bc8d33$3f7a4f00$6870d3c6@einstein> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-47-max-bbvt-01.ramp.together.net Organization: Together Networks - Burlington, VT. Lines: 32 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!204.97.120.24!news.together.net!dial-47-max-bbvt-01.ramp.together.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44209 Tom Martyn wrote: > > I recently set up a FreeBSD system and liked what I got. However it seems > to me that there is a lot more usage, compatability and software out there > for linux. Any recommendations as to which I should use? Is one better > than the other for certain tasks? > > thanks Well, you're vague in your 'what should I use?' questioning, but here goes. FreeBSD is capable of running a good deal of linux binaries, as well as those of BSD/OS, etc. So if 'compatability' is a concern, freebsd has linux there. Linux does have a larger following, but Windows has a larger following than FreeBSD, and you don't see me running Windows. User base doesn't make an OS good. A lot of the software listed as a 'linux resource' often will compile n freebsd with little work, because the authors generally support both when they or someone else patches the software. Linux tends to get all of the video game support, so I guess you could say it's good for playing video games. Not that it's not capable of running as server (and I'm sure many people use it as such), but it tends to be unstable. FreeBSD seems to me to be really stable and can be used as a cost efficient server, although it's not set in this role.