Freebsd vs. linux

[Anthony Atkielski]

Ted Mittelstaedt writes:

> The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server
> needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop
> needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O.

A desktop also needs a GUI, whereas a server is better off without it.

> While a desktop is USUALLY optimized for the video, and saves
> money by using poor I/O, and a server vis-versa, if you had unlimited
> funds you could certainly put a hardware RAID card on your desktop
> and have an equivalent to the server.

There's still the GUI issue, though.

-- 
Anthony