OOps, I am sorry, I just saw the rule about no cross postig. My apologizes.

That being said, would you guys mind commenting on my question in this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=120322


I figure that debian guys check here, and freebsd guys check there.. why I cross posted. Sorry.

This is like asking whether you should buy a PC or a Mac. I didn't read all the responses to your post in the *BSD forum - those guys know BSD a lot better than I do. However, there are two things to consider when making a decision like this:


1. Are you comfortable with learning the procedure for installing packages in BSD?

2. Are you comfortable with the rather chaotic update system that comes with using Debian in a production environment?


Your level of experience and your own confidence in your learning skills will give you the answer.

Um, hello flamebait. Or at the very least unsubstantiated criticism.

If you took the time to reply here, it could help to read others' replies

I got good stuff out of this debate.. flame bait or not, opinions will be opinions.

I'm probably going to start using FreeBSD on my production servers, and alternate between a pool of: debian, fedora, mandrake, and gentoo for my workstations. I like dabbling.

Ps: edited cause I couldnt spell gentoo :P

Don't get me wrong - I love Debian, I'm 100% behind it and I use it as my desktop - but package updates come thick and fast, in comparison to FreeBSD. That was my point

Not if you use the stable release (which is the only suitable one for a serious production environment). In fact, the only package updates you get are bugfixes and security patches, really.