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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fury on September 03, 2006, 06:31:47 am

Title: Are you a FreeBSD user?
Post by: Fury on September 03, 2006, 06:31:47 am

I am performing my own independent investigation into the possibility of using FreeBSD as the operating system in HLP's next server, for which we have launched a donation drive. While it is quite likely we will end up using a more traditional linux distro, I would still like to also evaluate our chances of using FreeBSD. While BSD is not hugely different from linux from users point of view, there are enough differences to make sure we have someone familiar with FreeBSD who we can contact in a case we need help.

So anyone here who is quite familiar with FreeBSD and would be willing to help when and if necessary?

Title: Re: Are you a FreeBSD user?
Post by: Edward Bradshaw on September 03, 2006, 11:01:48 am

I dont want Blue Screens of Death even if they are free.

Title: Re: Are you a FreeBSD user?
Post by: kasperl on September 03, 2006, 03:46:04 pm

Contact Mikhael. Sandwich should probably have recent contact info, or at least have a reason as to why he's not here.

As for BSD: All I know it won't install X on normal installs, which is annoying, but that the docs were quite ok, and it's highly recommended.

Title: Re: Are you a FreeBSD user?
Post by: Kamikaze on September 04, 2006, 12:15:01 am

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As for BSD: All I know it won't install X on normal installs

Hardly relevant on a server box. :p

Title: Re: Are you a FreeBSD user?
Post by: castor on September 04, 2006, 11:30:31 am

Are there some particular reasons to go the BSD way instead of Linux, even if we don't have many ppl who know their way around it?