| notjoe |
03-18-2012 04:49 PM |
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Originally Posted by chaze
(Post 18822181)
it's a variation of unix which is what freebsd and Linux is based off of and it's locked tighter than bankers donation budget.
It's Apples and Oranges for the most part. Linux has better driver support, more versatility, and a more active community, also the kernel is a little cleaner just from being upgraded more times (better ram utilization and smoother load). After about 5 years of working with both, we saw alot more problems with freebsd and an almost impossible way to upgrade them. It wasn't worth it to use them anymore. Keep in mind our head tech learned on freebsd and is smarter then all of us chit chatting here. Do what you like (of course), it's your server. If a pro photographer is telling me how to shoot on the right camera I would listen, I suggest paying attention about a server OS from someone that has hosted tens of thousands of sites with thousands of servers over 12 straight extremely successful years.
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Which is great, if you're running it at home on your desktop. Now-a-days, most if not all server hardware which comes out is fully supported by freebsd. Can you tell me which hardware, if any, is widely used in a production hosting environment which freebsd doesn't support?
The linux kernel has too many hands in the cookie jar for my liking. Over the course of being in the server admin business, which is over 12 years as well, freebsd has proven to be a much more reliable and stable platform than linux. Of course, if you're looking to be on the cutting edge, with servers that fail, need to be rebooted semi-regularly, and generally are ok with a lack of security, then maybe linux is for you. Just take a look at the core OS security updates. I haven't checked in a while but the last time I did linux had a lot more issues being fixed than freebsd. |
