Subj : linux vs *BSD
To   : Roy
From : Francois Thunus
Date : Mon May 26 2003 11:43 am

 Hello !

I was a bit quick to erase the answer to Roy's message, but I pretty much agree 
with everything that's in it.

I have tried free|386|net|openBSD, and pretty much all the main linux flavors.
Having worked with several unices, from SVr4 to Solaris/SunOS (not mentionning 
AIX or HP/Unix, for me they are all pretty much the same (yes, I know, broad 
generalization, but you know what I mean).

It is a bit like changing cars: ha yes, here the windshield defrost button is 
on the left, here the default shell is korn, or ls doesn't take that parameter. 

I ended up choosing Linux for mainly two reasons:

a) compatibility of Linux partition with other partition types commonly found 
on desktop machines, allowing easy dual boot (this feature maiy have changed in 
BSD* since, and this may or not be relevant to your choice)

b) marginal speed factor for arrival of new hardware driver. No longer a 
concern now, but at the time we were getting newer machines and the drivers 
were available under linux before BSD.


That's about it. Not much, as you can see. *BSD systems are a very good choice. 
They have pretty much everything Linux has, and if they don't, you can always 
download the source and recompile anyway. It all comes down to a matter of 
personnal taste. Coming from slackware, you would have no problem to adapt to 
any BSD (as with any unix, some assembly is required :-))

Just my $0.02


 Francois Thunus

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