advantages of BSD?
Hello everyone!
I am a linux user for some time now and i like to try some of the BSD's. What are the advantages of BSD? In what is linux superior? and What is the difference between net, free and openBSD? Which BSD is de best for me? I want a devlopment-laptop with most -dev packages and so on, the newest gcc... thanks for reading this :D greetings from Belgium, Geert. |
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Net aims to be able to run on all platforms Open aims for security Another excellent reason to choose BSD is then you wont have to deal with the GPL. BSD affords the programmers more freedom and does not lock them in GPL hell. |
indeed, gpl sucks sometimes...
But how is the development in freeBSD, or the -dev packages there? (like I had trouble compiling ogle in Arch..., libglade-dev, you can find nowhere.) |
That's funny. OpenBSD is looking for security.
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hi all, thx for the reply stack!
I have given freeBSD a try, I like the /dev system more than linux. I think this will be my new OS. Have some troubles with acpi, but I had them also with linux. Never thought it was that different from linux... |
Just different!
Hi Geert
I'm not going to make a case for either GNU/Linux or *BSD here. They're just different. The BSD's have more mature and more stable kernels than Linux, while in Linux there is much more advanced research (e.g. preemptible kernel, ...) I could sum up many more differences, like the device names, init, etc etc... But I just love the fact that both are different, so I have some GNU/Linux boxes and some BSD boxes :). BTW, if you're into development I personally think FreeBSD is best for you. If you have a spare box be sure to give OpenBSD a try too, it's quite unique... Well, enjoy 8) nukkel |
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If you like bleeding edge you should run windows, where on any given day a new piece of hardware or software will cause a crash.
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