Bsd vs linux which is best for server?

Question

Bsd vs linux which is best for server?

Answer 1

If a lot of people will be using it Debian or FreeNAS:

http://www.freenas.org/



Linux is more scalable than FreeBSD as a rule, though I'd say the best versions of servers are Debian Slackware and Fedora. For heavy internet use FreeBSD is pathetic, but FreeNAS is recommended subject to the Caveat I made on the other answer to your question -- if you aren't used to ZFS it can lead to data loss.

Answer 2

Wow. What a question.



I vote Linux because I know it and have used it for a long time. Also BSD just doesn't seem like it has as much movement as it did when people were first talking about that on the BBS. Linux servers have a lot of feet on the ground, but there are also a lot of distros, package managers, backend monitoring thingies specific to a distro...



Both are wonderful server platforms for anything you could want to do with a server. If it is a webserver, consider CentOS a good option. It's Redhat minus branding and free. I actually like Ubuntu Server as a server for files or if you are going the cloud route. Super easy to use, good updates, the best community.



I've not used BSD in a production environment, but playing with it was fine. I just broke the Linux way. Certainly not knocking freebsd.

Answer 3

Free nas

I make up about 40 boxies a year using a itx fanless board. 0.8 cpu 256 ram

Source(s):

I work as a Linux educator, My day job. And I use Puppy Linux in the office with clients and at home, as its a mid range Linux with no restrictions therefore puppy is a great learning tool as well as an every day desktop. I have used Puppy since version 0.1 in June 2003 and professionally for the last 7 years. I have not used any microsoft product for 4 years.

Puppy linux

http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20an…

http://www.puppylinux.com/

Forum Very good

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/



Other Linux

www.distrowatch.com/