FreeBSD or OpenBSD

[Peter Risdon]

Damien Hull wrote:
> I've been a FreeBSD user for a while now and I love it. I'm running 4.10
> and plan on upgrading soon. I'm also an OpenBSD user but I tend to use
> it for firewalls and routers. I setup Apache and Subversion on OpenBSD
> 3.6 last week. This is the first time I have ever done anything other
> then a firewall on OpenBSD. 
> 
> I'm thinking about using OpenBSD on more servers. Before I do that I
> would like to know what people on the list think. 
> 
> Why I want to switch to OpenBSD.
> 1. OpenBSD has good security
> 2. Stable
> 3. Firewall and routing support is built in
> 
> Why I use FreeBSD
> 1. Stable
> 2. Ports tree has a lot of software
> 3. I can upgrade to new versions 
> 
> Should I make the switch from FreeBSD to OpenBSD for my servers?

This:

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/10825_3393051_1

concludes that all the BSDs are evenly matched. Although OpenBSD is the 
obvious choice for a server. And so is FreeBSD. (I'm paraphrasing).

Use whichever you like. I believe FreeBSD performs better as a web 
server, and it's just the default install of OpenBSD that has had just 
one root exploit since 1921, or whenever; install ports/packages and 
this changes.

But I'm just glad all the BSDs are available.

Peter.

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