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FreeBSD vs Linux: Q.3 Do you have lots of free time?<\/h3>\n
Yes: FreeBSD<\/strong>
\nNo: Linux \/ Ubuntu \/ RHEL<\/strong><\/p>\nComment:<\/strong>
\nMaking a production-ready system using FreeBSD can take you days to weeks if you are not an experienced FreeBSD user, while everything works out of the box in Linux. Sometimes, the new upgrade from the port tree can drive you nut, such as package conflicts etc. However, working with Linux is a leisure thing.<\/p>\nExample:<\/strong>
\nInstalling Apache + MySQL + PHP from FreeBSD port (compiling the source) can take at least half day on a computer with a dual core CPU (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+), while it takes less than 30 minutes on Linux. That’s because you need to compile the code from source in FreeBSD, while you simply download the packages and extract them in Linux. The time difference is huge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
FreeBSD vs Linux: Q.4 Do you prefer simplicity or complexity?<\/h3>\n
Adding sugar into water –> FreeBSD<\/strong>
\nTaking sugar away from soda–> Linux \/ Ubuntu \/ RHEL<\/strong><\/p>\nComment:<\/strong>
\nFreeBSD is a very very simple system. Think of it as a bare-bone system that comes with no junk. By default, it comes with no graphic user interface, no unnecessary application. It likes a pure distilled water.<\/p>\nIn Ubuntu \/ RHEL, everything is configured and ready to use. It comes with very attractive, beautiful graphical user interface. Everything just works out of the box, no tuning or tweaking is required. However, it also comes with lots of junk such as Ubuntu One (For Ubuntu Cloud service), SELinux (A program developed by Red Hat where many people don’t use it), etc. It makes your system very bulky and increase the computation resource consumption.<\/p>\n
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FreeBSD vs Linux: Q.5 Are you going to use the computer as desktop?<\/h3>\n
Yes: Linux \/ Ubuntu \/ RHEL<\/strong>
\nNo: FreeBSD<\/strong><\/p>\nComment:<\/strong>
\nSetting up a desktop-ready system on FreeBSD can take a long time. Main reason is the drivers availability. A lot of hardware such as graphic cards, audio cards or webcams are not supported in FreeBSD natively. If you want to get them working as good as on Windows \/ Ubuntu, you will need to get the driver first (if available), build it (which may gives error during compiling the codes), and recompile the kernel to make it supports the new driver, which can take few days if you are not experienced with FreeBSD and debugging driver.<\/p>\nOn the other side, the Linux driver community is very strong and well developed. Usually they develop drivers for most popular hardware.<\/p>\n
Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n#1: My Logitech Orbit MP webcam (Pan \/ Tilt \/ Zoom) is not working on FreeBSD but works like a charm on Linux.<\/p>\n
#2: Some vendors such as Highpoint may stop developing drivers for their products for newest version of FreeBSD.<\/p>\n
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FreeBSD vs Linux: Q.6 Do you need to blame someone when something goes wrong?<\/h3>\n
Yes: Linux \/ Ubuntu \/ RHEL<\/strong>
\nNo: FreeBSD<\/strong><\/p>\nComment:<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen something goes wrong, you can blame Linux and you can’t blame FreeBSD.<\/p>\n
FreeBSD is a community driven operating system, while some Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and RHEL are backed by commercial vendors. In the world of FreeBSD, it is not uncommon that some unskilled developers introduce bugs, troubles to the rest of the world. Yes, we know it is free, so we can’t complaint about it. However, as an IT administrator, you will need to use your judgement to judge whether those new stuffs are safe to use or not. In short, that will increase your workload. It’s more like Windows update. How many people actually read the change log before hitting the update button?<\/p>\n
In Linux (e.g., RHEL), that’s a whole different story. Every patches, new updates have been screened by the vendor before hitting to public. So you can trust them in some degree. And the key thing is, you can blame them when something goes wrong.<\/p>\n
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Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\nIn short, use FreeBSD for your personal purpose while Linux for your work. Be the top 5%, not the bottom 95%.<\/p>\n
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