FreeBSD or?

Greetings All,

Thinking about setting up a FreeBSD box looks good. I was just interested to know something. I remember that FreeBSD has a reputation as being one of the most secure linux distributions. Is this true?

Thanks,
Z.

Also...

I was just reading a couple of threads and one talked about needing Linux emulation to run databases Oracle and Sybase. Well I planning on setting up a db/app server box with FreeBSD. I definately want to install Oracle, Sybase and PostGreSQL. I also want strong security. Previously I've used Debian for web servers and have also used Redhat.

Does requiring the Linux emulators mean RH or Debian Make better database servers or anything like that?

Awesome, thanx.

Z.

Hi Zitan,


FreeBSD is actually a distinct, older distribution of its own. Where Linux is a actually a clone of UNIX, FreeBSD is original code from the UNIX developed at AT&T and UC Berkeley, ported to the Intel platform. The base of the code goes back many, many years, and is very mature. That's why it has a reputation for being a super stable OS.

Check out this list of the longest running servers, all of them except one are running some form of BSD. Some of these machines haven't been rebooted in YEARS:

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html


While I've never ran Oracle on FreeBSD, some people have reported that Oracle for Linux is actually faster running on FreeBSD. The only drawback with running Linux compatibility mode is that it can be a little more complicated to set up. Here's a guide for setting up Oracle on FreeBSD:


http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.IS...emu-oracle.html

I use Postgres on FreeBSD and it's very reliable.

Hey Ted,

Thanks dude, actually I am more interested in installing postgreSQL and Sybase than Oracle - so all good there Although it sounds like Sybase may be a similar situation to Oracle. I never mind taking longer to install a server, or a database etc if the ongoing maitenance is less, as long as I'm not losing in performance *all good* (as we say in kiwi-land). What I really want is PostGreSQL, Sybase, Apache 2 and PHP 4. As long as this works fine, then I'm going for it

I'm sure I can find the documentation for these in the docs. I've looked through the NZ ftp server and I'm not sure what to download there and burn to CD. I have got the floppies stuff though Would it simply be:
ftp://ftp.nz.freebsd.org/freebsd/br...4.0-stable/src/

or should I go for current:
ftp://ftp.nz.freebsd.org/freebsd/branches/-current/

Great that FreeBSD is stable, but what about security, how does it fair with other linux distributions there? I've looked through the freebsd site and done some searches and haven't really found a good overview about freebsd - any suggestions?

I did read freebsd's note about freebsd users asking less questions that rh users, lol

Thanx heaps,
Z.

>> I'm not sure what to download there and burn to CD

Just download the floppy images kern.flp and mfsroot.flp.

>> but what about security, how does it fair with other linux distributions there?

You just can't compare *BSDs with Linux dists because *BSDs is for geeks while Linux is for kids. Should you consider yourself a kid, stick with Linux toy would make your life easier.

>> about freebsd users asking less questions that rh users, lol

Not just rh users but all Linux users as a whole.