RE: [tlug] Linux and Windows {2k|Xp|Vista} Comparison

[<stephen@example.com>]

burlingk@example.com writes:

 > Security:  The report overall is biased on this subject (Which is
 > understandable.  It is on a BSD site.)  Linux has always been pretty
 > quick as far as I know to update any security issues that are found.  I
 > think mostly though that they are indicating not so much a dislike for
 > the OS, but a feeling that the developer community at the time was a
 > little less mature.

It still is.  The number of web sites whose Linux hosts run GUIs is
way high, and they often sport C compilers etc.  True, the
professional sites that run Linux are just as good as BSDs in that
regard these days, and the OpenBSD development model has proved to
have its own problems in terms of security---"even monkeys fall from
trees".  However, a 4-core webserver with a 50 Mbit net connection in
a n00b's hands is still a 4-core webserver with a 50 Mbit net
connection---a rather attractive target.

 > Free Applications:  Linux is still in the lead here..  Maybe BSD,
 > because of the binary compatibility things mentioned.

FreeBSD actually is quite good, even without the ABI compatibility
tools.