[ale] RedHat Enterprise vs. FreeBSD

[Eichler, Paula J. CDC/OCOO/ITSO]

I have working knowledge of RedHat.  I would experience a learning curve
with BSD.

As for your question - Nessus Servers

RedHat has seemingly obvious advantages for this and I prefer it.  I
just didn't want to be missing some obvious information whilst I insist
on RHEL.

Thanks ...

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Mike
To: ale at ale.org
Harrison
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:07 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] RedHat Enterprise vs. FreeBSD

> have never used a BSD installation.  RHEL seems pretty straightforward

> to patch, but I was told that FreeBSD was easier to maintain.  I need 
> to know why and sound like I know what I am talking about ;) ...pj

That's a religious argument in the making with no clear 'right' answer. 
It depends on the skills of the relevant people. I'm working in a mixed
BSD, Debian, RedHat and Ubuntu environment right now. (Ubuntu for
Desktops, one Ubuntu LAMP Server) Joe, my fellow sysadmin is much better
than I on BSD/FreeBSD and can make them sing and dance. I can do the
same on RedHat. We are both about the same on Debian/Ubuntu.. him better
at some things with it, me others.. 

I'd say, given equally talented sysadmins, fairly equal systems. 

If you are a begining sysadmin yourself, doing RedHat first MIGHT be
less painful to try, Ubuntu Server might be my next choice. 

But I have to chide you first with: You are asking the wrong question
first.. or we are missing it.

  What do you want to USE it for? 
     a very simple LAMP Webserver  (Ubuntu LAMP Server..)
     a SAMBA Server, WinNT replacement  (RedHat ES)
     a router/firewall device (*BSD)
     a desktop  (Kubuntu or Ubuntu)
     a complex LAMP Server (Redhat or Debian..)

And for all of my examples above, everyone on this list might prefer one
*nix or another depending on their experience and personal preferences.
In the interest of keeping it simple, I used to use RedHat for
-everything-... 


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