[ale] RedHat Enterprise vs. FreeBSD

[Christopher Fowler]

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On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 12:22 -0400, Eichler, Paula J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)
wrote:
> 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
> 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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