FreeBSD - FreeBSD-STABLE
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Best Operating System For Desktop Workstation
Best operating system for desktop workstation
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Free Bsd Is One Of The Best Operating Systems I Ha
Free BSD is one of the best operating systems I have ever worked with. I believe it is, just as they say, "rock-solid". At start I've done some config that, I later realize, would tear down any other OS.
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I Have Installed The Freebsd-stable Operating Syst
I have installed the FreeBSD-Stable operating system from FreeBSD on a Pentium 180 with 32 MB of RAM. It has been acting as web and file server in my home.
It is absolutely a great operating system. Anytime I have a question I just post it on FreeBSD newsgroup and I get plenty of replies.
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I Have Been Using Freebsd For Years At Home And No
I have been using FreeBSD for years at home and now at work. There is ample information from the list serv and the web page and the books for even a newbie to get started. I am trying to think of some negatives about FreeBSD...
I Think Freebsd Is An Excellent Operating System T
I think Freebsd is an excellent operating system that can be used as a server os and as a desktop os. It just works. It provides proven unix stability and not a lot of system administration is required. Program installation is very easy (without dependency issues).
I Really Have Tried To Give The Freebsd Project A
I really have tried to give the freebsd project a chance but they seem to be hopeless. The project seems to concentrate more on new features than security and stability. This project seems to avarage two security advisories a week and with iso images only updated for the major releases by the time it hits the store self it already needs to be patched. Source on there ftp servers seems to also be well behind the security advisories. Works great for a server extreamly fast but it must currently be behind a firewall not very stable for desktop use overall I would say its fine if you want to pacth the kernal atleast three times a month and only wish to use it to serve a single service from behind a firewall. Wait for 5.0 coming out in the fall of 2001 or use OpenBSD 2.9 (Harder To Install) if security is an issue and it always is in networking, is'nt it?
I've been using FreeBSD O/S for more than 4 years. More than 500IP's assigned to each box with no less than 500 users running processes and 1000 processes running on the system at all time using no more than 1GB of RAM and an AMX XP2000. Not to mention www/ftp/named/ipfw/ident.
These servers where used for IRC clients and the business it self attract alot of Denial of Services attacks. Yet I've never seen my system crashing before.
I beleive FreeBSD is the best Free UNIX distribution so far. I would definetly disagree with this review.
I totally DISAGREE with the review posted. I use Linux and FreeBSD and have different opinion on both. As a measure of performance/stability of FreeBSD as desktop OS try to do the following (simultaneously) and decide for yourself :
Play an MP3 with XMMS and Copy a Full CD to the HDD, do image manipulation with gimp,Click the home directory icon a few times, start another VT and start another X, start Netscape and Click the home directory icon a few times.... I never had a problem, not even once !
Yes, you have to do a little bit tweaking and tuning for optimum performance/disk IO. But, it's as easy as it can get and Kernel re-compilation is easiest of all *NIX.
From 4.4 Release onwards, most Software is available as packages on ISO CD images for download.
If you have not tried FreeBSD, you are definitly missing something. What's the harm in trying ?
This review is in my experience totally incorrect.
FreeBSD is the most stable OS I have ever had the pleasure of interacting with. It just works.
With servers running 200+ days I cannot but recommend FreeBSD to anyone wanting a reliable and secure platform.
The FreeBSD security officer does not take his job lightly.
The assumption that FreeBSD is insecure only because of
patches appearing is wrong. With almost 6000 external programs included in the "ports" mechanism some of them are bound to have security problems. I am glad that I am notified before havoc strikes. Almost every security problem stems from the external software not the OS in itself. If you have not installed the "port" in question you are in the clear.
The base install has three levels of security - just select the proper one for your site.
The ease at which I can update my system(s) through source code and recompilation makes updates very easy and painless.
I have run a lab with 50+ dualboot FreeBSD/Windows machines for the last five years, with one (1) FreeBSD server with NFS, DNS, web, ftp and fileserver serving the entire lab. No it is not
choking - it just works!
In this environment people use FreeBSD for their normal desktop needs too. FreeBSD is not just a server OS.
To anyone contemplating which OS to use: At least give FreeBSD a try. I did and have not looked back since.
What Linux Wants To Be. Bsd Based Unix Enviornmen
What Linux wants to be.
BSD based UNIX enviornment w/ ROCK solid stability and
superior security. Free for everyone. Great update utilities
so you can remain w/ the times. runs just about EVERY linux
application, as well as SCO binaries.
Any of the stable versions totally ROCK. For those on the
cutting EDGE try the -CURRENT version. W/ some advertising
and marketing and a little greed from the developers they
could put redhat out of business. used by Best Internet,
Altavista, ftp.cdrom.com (largest ftp server on the internet)
even microsoft uses them :)
http://www.freebsd.org
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