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| Value for Money | 5/10  |
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| Overall rating | 8.2/10 |
By XBSDUser.
on 29th Jul 2001
| Value for money | 0/10 |
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| Overall value | 0/10 |
 XBSDUser.'s recommendation | |
Easier to install than other bsd operating systems. Good for a single service server if you have it behind a firewall.
Unsecure, Not well maintained and unstable for desktop usage.
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?
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Total Respect: -11
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