Contributed by jose on from the comparison-shopping dept.
"This will apply mostly to neophytes but I have run several flavors of Linux on my home network in recent years but have only became interested in BSD since I began paying closer attention to my logs. I've been reading quite a bit about firewalls and IDSs and have settled on OpenBSD for the host. I just came across this article on unixreview.com that seems to have confirmed my choice (as have many others) and that attempts to briefly sketch the differences among the BIG 3 BSDs. Though my DB/Samba/Web server currently runs Mandrake, perhaps I'll consider moving to NetBSD and keep it all in the "family"...The article is a pretty decent overview of the BSD family, but more importantly it helps to spread the word. UNIX Review has normally been into Linux, so I was happy to see this.The article URI is; http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=7459/uni1040336129456/ "
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By Justin () on
Piss on buzzword fickle media content creators!
That is just my cynical 2 cents.
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How do you want we take it seriously ?
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I picked up those two after skimming for about twenty seconds. I'm sure there is more invalid information.
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> I'm sure there is more invalid information.
And I'm sure you are wrong.
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this is not a pile of facts..
I think your hat is on crooked, nerd!
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"Ever wonder what the difference is between the various flavors of BSD? Read on for an overview of FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
The History of Berkeley UNIX
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Sounds like he aims to present some history and facts about BSD. The implication, of course, is that they are true. Maybe not. Maybe he's attempting some avant garde media style where all the facts are wrong. But I doubt it.
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Does anyone know of any in-depth comparisons of Open/Free/Net BSD, Linux, Solaris, etc.?
I've been reading "Unix Internals" by Uresh Vahalia, but it's a bit dated. Next on my reading list is the "Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD OS", but it too is a bit dated.
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EVILPULA
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Listserver seems to be dead.
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That would be Todd Miller and yes, he is on vacation. As was said elsewhere, the /var hard drive on the mailing lists machine is dying - that's why the lists were stopped. It will be fixed next week.
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For instance, I use gnuplot to get graphs out, but have not tried any of the others. Is the accepted practice to read the DESC file, install each, try it out, move on, stop when you find one that works? How about an article from someone that has done that and can give guidance?
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By Jim () block@block.com on mailto:block@block.com
For those of you who haven't read it, the above link is to Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable
by Marshall Kirk McKusick. The whole book is available online and has some great chapters, including the one on the detailed history of BSD...
Jim
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== Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix ==
I started reading it yesterday.
This is invaluable info!
The current state of the world, things, computing, or whatever else really means nothing without a knowledge of the history behind it. Without historical perspective there is really no point to anything IMHO.
I might even buy that book!
Thanks again for the URL =)
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Jeffrey
By Philip Reynolds () phil@redbrick.dcu.ie on http://people.rfc-networks.ie/~phil/
This article has no real place here. It's author has problems describing in detail anything different. "OpenBSD is secure; NetBSD is portable; FreeBSD is a good mixture of both" ... I can't see much else here.
The first download takes more than an hour? Takes more than an hour on what? That's rather like saying the build process takes 24 hours to complete, or telling you how long a piece of string is.
Poor research. If you're a coder, this article is equivalent to a "quick hack" IMHO