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thepiper · 04-18-2002, 07:56 PM

They are both fine operating systems. Which are you more familiar with? That should be the determining factor.

In my opinon, Freebsd is a tighter system for a server. Less packages of crap that has no business on a server, doesnt install X windows, etc. You don't have to wade through lists of 6,000 packages deselecting things you don't need. Much cleaner out of the box install.

I have also had huge VM problems with the earlier 2.4 linux kernels under load. However, I can't speak for the current 2.4 release. I am not sure what the lastest Redhat Ships with. I have never had any performance problems with FreeBSD, in fact we had a significant performance increase after switching to FreeBSD from Linux 2.4. Whether that is due to the quality of the operating system, or my ability to tune a linux machine compared to a BSD machine is for someone else to decide.

04-18-2002, 07:56 PM
thepiper Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 31	They are both fine operating systems. Which are you more familiar with? That should be the determining factor. In my opinon, Freebsd is a tighter system for a server. Less packages of crap that has no business on a server, doesnt install X windows, etc. You don't have to wade through lists of 6,000 packages deselecting things you don't need. Much cleaner out of the box install. I have also had huge VM problems with the earlier 2.4 linux kernels under load. However, I can't speak for the current 2.4 release. I am not sure what the lastest Redhat Ships with. I have never had any performance problems with FreeBSD, in fact we had a significant performance increase after switching to FreeBSD from Linux 2.4. Whether that is due to the quality of the operating system, or my ability to tune a linux machine compared to a BSD machine is for someone else to decide.