FreeBSD - FreeBSD-STABLE

Best operating system for desktop workstation

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.

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.

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 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 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?

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