[ale] BSD(s) vs Linux

[aaron]

I think that, at least for the desktop, Linux has many advantages for the 
"average" geek or otherwise less IT focused escapee from M$ tyranny. The 
Linux flavors of *nix seem to have many more ready to run binary packages, 
more OSS projects, better support for the latest hardware and popular 
application arenas, plus more "in the distro" configuration and GUI options.

Though I haven't done any BSD flavored installations yet, my take on them as
a reasonably informed *nix user is that they require a lot more compiling and 
tinkering with the nuts and bolts to get a desktop system together.  Being a 
major geek who has put in 18 years of media computing and several years of 
programming work, plus 3 years of daily use and study with Linux along with 
several Linux installations & updates, I am finally starting to feel 
competent enough to attempt a BSD installation. :-) I can add that I also 
have some interest and motivation to try BSD now since I love the FreeBSD 
OSeX Macs that I get paid to work with 3 days a week!

peace
aaron

On Saturday 31 May 2003 20:45, Murali Raju | 4SecureNet wrote:
> Ok, I have read several "google-articles" on the BSD vs Linux wars. That
> said, I am curious what the users in the ale list think about this
> subject. Why would you choose Linux over BSD(s) for both server and as a
> desktop? I personally like OpenBSD and FreeBSD (security and stability
> respectively + I am a person with an interest in security^infinity ;-)).
> 
> --Regards
> 
> Raju
> 
>  P.S. At this moment I am installing Gentoo to see if I like it:-)
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