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James Sumners wrote:
> The only problem I have had with BSD, specifically OpenBSD, is driver
> support. The last time I gave it a shot was about two years ago. I
> wanted to load it on an old Dell PowerEdge (a very big and heavy
> machine) and use it to run an in-house web server. I eventually got it
> to load but it would keep crashing because of the RAID controller.
> Evidently, there was some quirk to the hardware that the Linux drivers
> either work around or ignore but the BSD drivers crashed upon
> encountering it. When the hard drives won't consistently work because
> the controller drivers keep crashing the system then the OS is
> useless.
> 
> Admittedly, that is only one machine (well, machine type. I had
> multiple machines of the same model to work with), but the experience
> left me with an impression that the driver support is lacking even
> more than Linux's. However, I use a BSD derivative every day on my
> PowerBook and am quite happy with it. The cp command can be a little
&gt; quirky ( <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051112100007372&amp;lsrc=osx";>http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051112100007372&amp;lsrc=osx</a>
&gt; ) but I get by :)
&gt; 
&gt; On 11/22/05, Jay Loden &lt;jloden at toughguy.net&gt; wrote:
&gt; 
&gt;&gt;I read this article a while back and it actually convinced me to give FreeBSD
&gt;&gt;another try. The author is a pretty fair to both sides (though clearly
&gt;&gt;somewhat biased to his choice, BSD). Mostly he just points out that BSD is
&gt;&gt;all about a controlled development process and structure, whereas Linux grabs
&gt;&gt;anything useful from wherever it can find it. It's not that one is better
&gt;&gt;than the other necessarily, just different.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Both have their merits, but certain people's personalities may fit better with
&gt;&gt;one of the other. In a lot of respects, despite being more familiar with
&gt;&gt;Linux, I'm finding a lot of things on my test FreeBSD install that I like. It
&gt;&gt;took some getting used to before I realized they're not the same thing just
&gt;&gt;because they both have *nix roots, but once I got over that hurdle things
&gt;&gt;were easier.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;The best thing about FreeBSD so far has been documentation. Everything from
&gt;&gt;man pages to the FreeBSD handbook has been clear, up to date, and useful. I
&gt;&gt;appreciate that a lot, especially the handbook.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;On Monday 21 November 2005 7:31 pm, Cy Kurtz wrote:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt;Here's an essay we might enjoy batting about for a while:
&gt;&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php";>http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php</a>
&gt;&gt;&gt;
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&gt; 
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&gt; James Sumners
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