FreeBSD 6.0 in the wild

Since so much of the topics here revolve aroun Windows and Linux [sybliminal hint: Beer28]  I figured this would be of importance.  The FreeBSD OS has hit version 6.0 and is available for download.

For those of you that dont know, FreeBSD is a true UNIX operating system that is Open Source..  They also redesigned their web site

It is a true alternative to Linux and proprietary UNIX OS's and in many ways superior to Linux.  They alreadty have a true desktop flavor [Mac OS X].   The other flavor in the BSD Family include Darwin  NetBSD
and OpenBSD

The BSD License and Mozilla licenses are the only true Free source licenses in existance now.

yes BSD is pretty nice

take a look on it if you want to broaden your horizon

Linux is Open Source... [Free|Net]BSD is Free Software...

Linux is NOT Free Software .... [Free|Net]BSD is Open Source...

I prefer BSD for servers; I wouldn't use either Linux of BSD on a desktop but if I was forced I would use Linux.

Linux evolves quicker than BSD primarily because BSD-ers are so obsessed with getting things "correct"; and although that keeps BSD running behind it does lead to better quality and more consistency.

I like BSD because it doesnt make you feel like you are a permanent Beta tester.  Like Manip said, its more consistent and it tends to work the first time.

Manip wrote:

Linux is Open Source... [Free|Net]BSD is Free Software...

Linux is NOT Free Software .... [Free|Net]BSD is Open Source...

I prefer BSD for servers; I wouldn't use either Linux of BSD on a desktop but if I was forced I would use Linux.

Linux evolves quicker than BSD primarily because BSD-ers are so obsessed with getting things "correct"; and although that keeps BSD running behind it does lead to better quality and more consistency.

Beer, you are easily the biggest hypocrite I know... You talk about how wonderful OSS is and how Microsoft is evil for charging and then use that same logic in reverse to convince people as to why Linux is better than BSD...

You could move most of the people who run a Linux site to BSD over night and the next day they wouldn't even notice. The reason why hosting companies sell Linux and not BSD is because most people ask for Linux ... Apache is out for both platforms and has the same feature set...

Interestingly though, if you look at government servers a lot of those run NetBSD particularly when security is important.

Beer28 wrote:

That can be good in certian situations, but doesn't meet the fast paced cutting edge needs of most people.

Manip wrote:

Beer, you are easily the biggest hypocrite I know... You talk about how wonderful OSS is and how Microsoft is evil for charging and then use that same logic in reverse to convince people as to why Linux is better than BSD... 

Beer forgets FreeBSD has a Linux emulation layer that allows FreeBSD to run most if not all  Linux binaries.  And yes Karim, Beer28 is hypocrite.  Manip also has a very interesting point, its not how many webservers runs BSD it who runs BSD.  On a sidenote Im installing 6.0 now, will let everyone know how it is.

rjdohnert wrote:

... many ways superior to Linux.

Erisan wrote:

rjdohnert wrote:... many ways superior to Linux.

I'm sure this is the case, but can you elaborate a bit?
Any good links where are technical information and hard numbers?

Beer28 wrote:

those are very old kernels, plus it's benchmarking the 2.6 kernel in it's initial builds, not very fair

Beer28 wrote:

My big complaint with fedora core is their i386 builds. Who the hell has an intel chip only capable of 386 instructions?