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Good article, but FreeBSD top-managers don’t want(or can) to change anything. So, where FreeBSD can be used nowadays: 1) Desktop/Mobile - no, drivers/sensors p
by glintik 7y ago
Good article, but FreeBSD top-managers don’t want(or can) to change anything.
So, where FreeBSD can be used nowadays:
1) Desktop/Mobile - no, drivers/sensors problem.
2) Network/Web service in SOHO? Linux is much way better.
3) Network/Web in medium/large company? May be, for special network services. Well-tuned FreeBSD can beat well-tuned Linux easily, but requires skilled staff.
There is a very little chance for FreeBSD to come up Linux and be useful for the masses.
P.S. Worked with FreeBSD since 1996 as default OS, in 2008 switched to Linux(RH/Debian/Ubuntu).
- morning_gelato 7y ago> Well-tuned FreeBSD can beat well-tuned Linux easily, but requires skilled staff. This doesn't seem obvious to me, there are a lot of tech companies with skilled staff that choose Linux and also deeply care about performance.
- jeffatfreebsd 7y agoFreeBSD doesn't have 'top-managers'. It is more democratic than the linux organization. It means that people and companies contribute what they need or what they are personally motivated to work on. I also don't think there is a general consensus that we want or need to be as popular as linux. FreeBSD supports products making in excess of 100bn a year. It is likely a much smaller number than linux but hardly irrelevant and enough to keep the community active.
- guenthert 7y ago> Well-tuned FreeBSD can beat well-tuned Linux easily, but requires skilled staff. This must be why 100% of the TOP500 sites use FreeBSD instead of Linux. Oh, wait ... Sorry, didn't mean to come off as a Linux-fanboi (which I might be) or rekindling a flame-war (in fact I have little experience, but lots of sympathy for FreeBSD), but above was just too tempting.