Linux vs.BSD?

[bsturk at adelphia.net]

> First, thank you to everyone who responded (and may still respond) to my
> question regarding HD partitions. I will let you know what I end up
> doing once it is done.
> 
> Below is a link to an article, which I found extremely interesting,
> about the developer of OpenBSD. So, in an effort to spur a little
> discussion, Linux vs. BSD? (I am not looking for arguments to convince
> me to stay with Linux, BTW, as that is decided.) The article makes him
> sound bitter, but does he have some valid points? Thank you.
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html

Hehe, this subject title on usenet is like kicking a bees nest.   :)

I them both for different reasons.  I do find Theo's rhetoric a little over
the top in most cases.  It's not so black and white for me.  I run FreeBSD 4.8
on my server and Linux on my laptop & workstation.

This article has a lot of the things that are done well in the BSDs mentioned
and compares them to how they are done w/ Linux.

    http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php

About the only point he makes that is sorta true is the development approach.
devfs/udev is a good example.  Things tend to be re-written quite often in
Linux rather than spending time to come up with what might be the better
design up front.  In the end I think Linux gets there but it's usually after some
mis-steps.

Linux is definitely not terrible.  I have issues w/ certain parts of it, i.e.
I don't like how /proc has become a dumping ground.  I guess in 2.6 there is
now /sys to help with that.  I like the sysctl interface in FreeBSD
personally.  Both have their good points and not so good points.  I choose the
best one for the task at hand.  My fiancee's computer gets Ubuntu, I use
Gentoo on my desktop.  Having choices is nice.

~brian

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