On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 08:31:08AM -0700, David T. Harris wrote:
> --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Ron Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > One thing that I failed to mention is this live BSD was
> > the slowest
> > at doing everything that I ever tried.
> > I am a user, have never taken any kind of IT class.
>
> Live cd's are always going to be slower than actual installs.
That may not be the only problem, though.
For instance, the last time I tried FreeSBIE, it was dog slow -- even
compared to other LiveCD OSes (like Knoppix, MEPIS, et cetera). If the
same is true of this LiveCD OS, I have to wonder why the only two
examples of a BSD Unix LiveCD I've run across run so slowly, when
Linux-based LiveCDs have performed more tolerably in my experience. This
seems especially strange, considering FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD, which
in my experience outperforms Debian GNU/Linux when installed on the hard
drive.
>
> FreeBSD is great for performance.
> NetBSD is great for running on multiple architectures.
FreeBSD also has software options in ports rivalling those of Debian in
APT archives, in terms of extensiveness -- and, in fact, I've found that
FreeBSD ports fail me less often in terms of having *what I need*,
regardless of the total number of options.
NetBSD has slipped behind Linux in terms of the number of supported
architectures. On the other hand, NetBSD has a strong focus on
"correctness" of code and portability in the design policies of the
project. This contributes, among other things, to both security and
stability.
BSD Unix systems in general tend to have a more "unified" feel to them,
thanks to the existence of the base system, than you get from Linux
systems. This can contribute to greater security and stability, easier
system management because of increased uniformity of interface for
utilities, and improved user documentation (such as OpenBSD manpages and
the FreeBSD Handbook).
-- Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Dennis Miller: "Bill Gates is a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being the villain in a James Bond movie."
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