| > But I appreciate the reliability, the good documentation, the community These were big reasons for me. Cannot overstate the documentation angle. > Ports. Packages. > DEB/APT/RPM (particularily for a C programmer. > Licensing more friendly to integrating into your appliances (I did this) or code Before ZFS it was still better for the afformentioned reasons but ZFS was a game changer. I started Linux with Slackware and writing my own ppp up/down scripts while dual booting from windows, which took 2 weeks to get online the first time, then I went to redhat/debian/mandrake for a few years... then I found FreeBSD at it was like a breath of 'clear' air. Started using it for my daily desktop in 2002 and I still use it on several converted Macs at home and my main 'office' server which is a VPS these days. Production wise I would always have to reboot my fbsd servers for EOL never any issues and many uptimes north of 1000 days over the years. That builds trust. I trust FreeBSD project to be conservative and consistent for the most part -- THE PRINCIPLE OF LEAST SURPRISE -- another thing I have not seen enough of with Linux distros. |