Hi, Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the machines I have access to are production machines. Thanks. kazam, pkariuki@gmail.com
On Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43:14 +0300 Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:> Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by > a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one > of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct > advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant justThe _only_ way you can find out if there is any advantage _for_ _you_ is to try it out for yourself. Find a machine, install FreeBSD on it, and use / play with for some time (a couple of weeks should do it). Note: if you are happy with whatever you have; don't change. If it works, don't fix it. If you want to learn something new, then you should take time to learn it. Just my 0.02 euros. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
Phares Kariuki wrote:> Hi, > > Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a > friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you > has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of > moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the > machines I have access to are production machines.I can't tell you that FreeBSD is better for your needs. However, I have found that I agree with what this person has to say on the matter. http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php I fiddled with Linux for several years, not getting very far, then I found FreeBSD, and got the consistency and stability and ease of use that I sought. Kurt
> Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a > friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you > has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of > moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the > machines I have access to are production machines.If you can run your specific app(s] on FreeBSD one distinct attribute on it's own could make you "switch", and that's the ports-collection. So install FreeBSD, add your self to the wheel-group so you can become root, cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade, do a make install clean, and start install programs by typing portinstall zsh, apache, gettext, whatever. The ports-collection will take care of dependencies. Upgrading is done by portupgrade zsh for instance. HTH Claus