by iXsystems | Mar 3, 2010 | FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
Every so many months the never ending discussion about the BSD vs GPL license heats up. Supporters for either license have their thoughts and opinions to why one license is better than the other. Some say that these discussions are a waste of time. Whichever license...
by iXsystems | Dec 30, 2009 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
The guys over at RootBSD have updated their blog with a post on the differences between Linux and FreeBSD; partly seen from a hoster’s perspective. We thought it would be a good idea to help educate our current RootBSD users, and potential users, as to some of...
by iXsystems | Nov 30, 2009 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
Phoronix has done another benchmark test of FreeBSD against other *nix systems: Fedora and OpenSolaris. “With the stable release of FreeBSD 8.0 arriving last week we finally were able to put it up on the test bench and give it a thorough look over with the...
by iXsystems | Oct 13, 2009 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD has been around for a while, but now it will be an official part of the distro, combining the strength FreeBSD kernel with the GNU C library and userland utilities. The Debian Project has announced that it sees the port of the Debian system to the...
by iXsystems | Oct 5, 2009 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux
Kuvaton has a picture of operating systems, comparing them with cars. Or should I say, a picture of cars compared with operating systems? FreeBSD: Like Linux but takes more cargo on the expense of being less customable. I like the VMS one. What do you think of these...
by iXsystems | Oct 1, 2009 | FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
Dru Lavigne has uploaded her presentation done at Ohio LinuxFest. This slideshow describes the differences between (Free)BSD and Linux.
