BSD myths... - PC-BSD Forums

antik · #1 12-15-2007, 06:40 PM

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As the BSD projects (DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size, a number of persistent myths have grown up around them. Some of these are perpetuated by well meaning but misguided individuals, others by people pursuing their own agendas.

This page aims to dispel those myths while remaining as dispassionate as possible.

http://www.freebsd.org/advocacy/myths.html

Mateo · #2 02-04-2008, 03:46 PM

What you mean BSD is not better than Linux?

*storms off dejected*

UNIXman · #3 02-09-2008, 05:18 AM

I am curious that why each time I enter FreeBSD home page, I see a combo box Armenia selected as default.
Alphabetically, Argentina should be coming before. Is it fair?
(Argentina should be selected as default)
In California, there are many rich Armenians. Is this the reason for it?
(I don't mean IPv6, I mean IPv4 version)
I think it is injustice, isn't it?

DragnLord · #4 02-10-2008, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by UNIXman

I am curious that why each time I enter FreeBSD home page, I see a combo box Armenia selected as default.
Alphabetically, Argentina should be coming before. Is it fair?
(Argentina should be selected as default)
In California, there are many rich Armenians. Is this the reason for it?
(I don't mean IPv6, I mean IPv4 version)
I think it is injustice, isn't it?

What do Armenians in California have to do with FreeBSD in Colorado?
Seeing this multiple times seems to confirm my earlier trolling impression.

thnewguy · #5 06-19-2010, 01:04 AM

A myth I tend to see is that BSD is faster/slower than Linux. I find it dependings a lot on hardware and system configuration (obviously) but it surprises me how much people believe one is always faster than the other.

Apatewna · #6 05-03-2011, 06:30 AM

Faster/slower comparison between FreeBSD and Linux is a totally misguided comparison for me. Focus your project, study the inner mechanics, evaluate on real hardware and make decisions.

I trust FreeBSD to run server applications (SMB, HTTP/S, DNS, EMAIL with SSL/TLS).
FreeBSD with SW-raid has been extremely resilient too if you want some cheap safety.

Its desktop counterpart (be it PCBSD or custom built KDE or whatever) is not appealing to me due to the nature of my work (M$ Partner) and because the 99,99% of my customers use M$ products.

As for the Linux server side of the equation, I would go with something like Centos which derives directly for Red Hat Enterprise, primarily for the enterprise hardware support. I havent fiddled arround with desktop Linux due to the above mentioned M$ partner thingie.

Frankly the biggest speed increase I've seen on any machine came out of an SSD disk. That's a fine example of where the "faster/slower" debate should start, right at the hardware level.