Which is better , linux or BSD?

[praveesh]

Which kernel is better , linux or BSD?. Why ?. If you don't know the difference , please don't vote .

[khelben1979]

I voted Linux. Mainly because I've never learned to compile BSD kernels and because Linus is responsible for it.

[frup]

I voted Linux, it's GPL, seems to have better hardware support etc. etc.

This is a Linux forum though.

[starcannon]

The one that gets the job done for you.

[cariboo907]

BSD becuase it is more secure. I admit I've only played with BSD, and use Linux on 80% of my computers.

[CJ Master]

Linux because of the license.

[rookcifer]

The OpenSolaris kernel should probably be listed in the poll too.

[LookTJ]

Linux, because of the hardware support.

[jespdj]

Which kernel is better , linux or BSD?. Why ?. If you don't know the difference , please don't vote .
This is not a very useful poll, because you did not specify any criteria. Better for what? If everybody is going to use their own criteria, then the end result of the poll is not going to say anything at all.

BSD becuase it is more secure.
Is it really? Why?

Linux because of the license.
If this is about openness, then the BSD license is even more open and liberal than the GPL that Linux is under, so there's not much advantage to Linux in that regard.

[speedwell68]

This is not a very useful poll, because you did not specify any criteria. Better for what? If everybody is going to use their own criteria, then the end result of the poll is not going to say anything at all.

Agreed, I can just say Linux is best because it is the one I am using, which doesn't really tell us anything.

[SunnyRabbiera]

For desktops Linux, for servers BSD.
For the paranoid BSD's security record is far better then linux, but linux does do a pretty good job with security too.
For the desktop Linux is ready to pounce and has been a major desktop contender for a while now.
But for BSD on the desktop, BSD is kind of behind but I know that is no real fault of BSD... Linux kind of steals the show here.

[billgoldberg]

BSD becuase it is more secure. I admit I've only played with BSD, and use Linux on 80% of my computers.

A moderator on a Linux forum voting BSD as the better.

Nice ...

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I vote Linux. Why? Better hardware support, more distros, bigger community, more apps, ...

[SunnyRabbiera]

A moderator on a Linux forum voting BSD as the better.

Nice ...

Yes but its only better in terms of security, and perhaps stability...
But its not so good on the desktop, BSD is almost like how Linux was 5 years ago...
On the desktop Linux has made far more progress.

[sim-value]

Linux because way more companies are involved in Kernel development ....

[Bachstelze]

Not fair, BSD died years ago.

If you don't know, don't start polls. Also, moved to Recurring.

[collinp]

I voted tie. They both have their uses, strengths, and weaknesses.

[k2t0f12d]

Linux for promiscuity

[thisllub]

BSD is somewhat to Linux what Linux is to Windows.
More secure, more stable, less hardware support.
If VirtualBox worked with BSD I would happily use it.

BSD and OpenSolaris are pretty evenly matched.

[lifeboy]

BSD is better documented, more stable, and with releases like PCBSD is a serious contender on the desktop. The license is more free, but some would say, not as good due to it total freedom without much responsibility. I use both, and the only downside of BSD, the file system, it pretty close to being erradicated with native ZFS support.

[rookcifer]

BSD is better documented, more stable, and with releases like PCBSD is a serious contender on the desktop. The license is more free, but some would say, not as good due to it total freedom without much responsibility. I use both, and the only downside of BSD, the file system, it pretty close to being erradicated with native ZFS support.

PCBSD is some kind of awful. Slow and bloated.

[JordyD]

Not fair, BSD died years ago.

If you don't know, don't start polls. Also, moved to Recurring.

Wha? BSD is dead?

[Bachstelze]

Wha? BSD is dead?

Yup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD

Latest stable release 4.4-Lite2 / 1995


FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, et al. are all based on BSD, but they are not BSD. Also, all of them are totally different and independent OSes, they don't share the same kernel as Linux distributions do.

[Technoviking]

GNU Herd of course :)

No, not really.

It is kinda "which do you like better apple or oranges" question. Both have technical merits. It going to be a matter of taste for most people. Just like all the famous debates (vi vs emacs, kde vs gnome, etc...)

T-V

[CJ Master]

vi vs emacs

T-V

Nano, of course! =D

[Bachstelze]

Nano, of course! =D

inb4butterfly.

[Technoviking]

inb4butterfly.

Of course you can do that with Ctrl-X, M-C, M-Butterfly in emacs.

[gnulinfan]

FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, et al. are all based on BSD, but they are not BSD. Also, all of them are totally different and independent OSes, they don't share the same kernel as Linux distributions do. . Are they? I just thought they are like linux distributions with a common kernel

[zolookas]

. Are they? I just thought they are like linux distributions with a common kernel

No, they have different kernels. They are pretty separate projects, just sometimes port some good stuff from each other.

[linsux]

Linux because way more companies are involved in Kernel development ....

Open Source Spirit!


I vote Linux. Why? .......more apps, ...

Now, there's a lot of reasons for your average Desktop user to not want to use *BSD over Linux, but I never understood why people always mention that it doesn't have as many apps. Most OSS apps are ported over and available in ports and most non-compatible Linux software can be run through emulation. Though, running Y app in *BSD might not be as easy as in Linux. Also, why is that argument more valid when a Linux user says it about another OS, but when a Windows user says it they're stupid and wrong?

[chucky chuckaluck]

GNU Herd of course :)

did you mean GNU hurd, or were you talking about a gathering of wildebeests?

[donkyhotay]

They both have advantages and disadvantages, just use the one that works best for you.

[Blacklightbulb]

I am using Linux right now but I still can't say anything wrong against BSD yet since it didn't "hurt" me yet. Anyway in the future I envision devil vs penguin. In that case I'll go for an OS which doesn't try to fight it brother or blood. A UNIX based one I think.

anyways.........

[lifeboy]

Yup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD
Latest stable release 4.4-Lite2 / 1995

FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, et al. are all based on BSD, but they are not BSD. Also, all of them are totally different and independent OSes, they don't share the same kernel as Linux distributions do.

You are being pedantic, however technically correct. These days when people refer to BSD, I would propose they mean xBSD (x = free | open | net), not the original BSD. I suppose this question is about xBSD vs Linux then. Of course Linux is also only a kernel, not a distro.

Yes there are substantial differences between the different versions of xBSD, as you correctly point out, but of course the same is true for the Red Hat | Centos | Fedora distro's, the Debian | Ubuntu ones and Suse, plus the other 100's of distros.

[lsb]

About a year ago, I was setting up a server and tried Fedora, Ubuntu and CentOS. I had nothing but problems from installing to getting my RAID5 array to be recognized (drivers). Then I tried FreeBSD. Wow, FreeBSD worked and has been working flawlessly ever since.

Then a friend was telling me their computer was running too slow and wanted new and faster computer running her existing Windows XP and Photoshop for $700. I said, "let me build you a really fast computer, but if you want to keep Windows XP, it will start running slower and slower over time. Lets go with PC-BSD instead of Windows XP". Well, I built the computer with a 3Ghz Corei5, 4GB memory CAS 7 @ 1600Mhz and 2x 250GB Raid 0 with 8ms seek and 4.3ms latency. I installed PC-BSD and just had too may little problems and stability issues. I posted to the PC-BSD community forum to ask a question about a modem, and the only reply was "ask your question on the FreeBSD mailing list" That did it for me. I deleted PC-BSD and started looking for a Linux Distro for a desktop with an easy "click to install" packages and updates. Well, here I am. I installed Ubuntu in about 10 minutes. Installed Photoshop under Wine in 5 more minutes and everything is running flawlessly. So here is my vote:

Ubuntu for desktops. Proven better than PC-BSD last week!
FreeBSD for my supermicro servers running Apache, MySQL and PHP verses LAMP.