by iXsystems | Nov 24, 2008 | FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
Interesting presentation by Jason Dixon at the Oct New York City *BSD User...
by iXsystems | Sep 23, 2008 | FreeBSD, X vs Y
Matt Hartley, who is using Linux full time himself gives 7 reasons why BSD operating systems are preferred over Linux (but he also admits that BSD has its shortcomings): BSD is dead simple Create your own OS Speed Stability Software packaging Security Suitability for...
by iXsystems | Sep 4, 2008 | FreeBSD, X vs Y
Last week we linked to an article on linsux.org why FreeBSD is better for the desktop than Linux. David from UNIX Administratosphere wrote a reply to that article and there’s also a thread on the Linsux forum.
by iXsystems | Aug 9, 2008 | FreeBSD, X vs Y
It’s time for Microsoft to dump Windows. In fact, ten years ago would have been a good time to start. At the risk of berating the obvious, it’s clear that security will continue to be a major problem for Microsoft. The reason is their tether to legacy...
by iXsystems | Jun 6, 2008 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
I recently decided to give the new 7.0 release of FreeBSD ago and was fairly impressed. I did use BSD along time ago on a home server for a few months but pretty much forgot everything about it from back then. Firstly FreeBSD refers to both a kernel and userspace...
by iXsystems | Mar 7, 2008 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, X vs Y
All FreeBSD interested people will remember the document that Kris Kennaway released (Introducing FreeBSD). In this paper he explains how dramatic improvements have been achieved in FreeBSD 7.0; especially with regards to SMP and SQL database querying (MySQL and...
