FreeBSD vs Linux

[Danial Thom]

--- Mike Hernandez <sequethin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On  Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 10:07:25AM -0800,
> Danial Thom wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --- "FlashWebHost.com" <flashweb at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Linux is just kernel only.
> > > 
> > > FreeBSD is complete operating system.
> > > 
> > > FreeBSD and Linux have almost similar
> > > performance. There are much
> > > already discussed about it, a google search
> > > will give you more info.
> > 
> > Nothing personal, but thats about the dumbest
> and
> > most wrong (wrongest???) answer that one
> could
> > possibly contemplate.
> > 
> > DT
> > 
> 
> Actually he's not too far off, Linux really is
> a kernel, it's not so much
> of an operating system until you get all the
> GNU tools to go along with it.
> Luckily there are distributions that do that
> for you, or you can go the LFS
> or DIY route I suppose and download everything
> yourself.
> 
> As far as similar performance... well
> performance has a lot to do with the
> hardware and applications in question, but I
> must say there are no major
> differences between running kde on linux and
> kde on freebsd on my home pc.
> 
> So although the answer is incomplete for sure,
> I certainly wouldn't say that
> it's the dumbest and/or "wrongest" reply that
> could have been given.
> 
> Of course if the OP would have just googled
> this could have all been avoided
> to begin with ;)

No, thats ridiculous. Linux has multiple
distributions that use the same kernel. The fact
that freebsd only has one distribution doesn't
make it any more complete.

Performance is markedly different as well. If you
only need to do trivial things, then both are
suitable. So is Windows or Solaris. Otherwise you
just have no idea what you're talking about.

DT

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