Sorry to hear about the breakin; I frequent all of the aforementioned sites. Just when you think they can't get any lower, you know.
Truly, FreeBSD is a glorious OS. My experiences with RedHat and Mandrake Linux have all been very negative. For performance and security in Linux, you can't beat Gentoo Linux. Like BSD, it's all about compiling from source (the system is called Portage). However, unlike BSD, it has the concept of "use flags" which permit you to specify which optional dependencies you want compiled into your software. It also encourages more extensive compiler optimizations for your architecture, and it has been shown to make a pretty significant difference. You can even get Portage for OS X now, and use it to install your Unix-y stuff.
I would only use Linux over FreeBSD at this point if there are servers that won't run in BSD (e.g. OpenAFS) but this is becoming less of a problem as time goes on. FreeBSD's performance--especially under great load--is still superior in terms of speed, scalability and reliability. Good choice. <Smile>
by Daniel Lyons — Jan 21
Truly, FreeBSD is a glorious OS. My experiences with RedHat and Mandrake Linux have all been very negative. For performance and security in Linux, you can't beat Gentoo Linux. Like BSD, it's all about compiling from source (the system is called Portage). However, unlike BSD, it has the concept of "use flags" which permit you to specify which optional dependencies you want compiled into your software. It also encourages more extensive compiler optimizations for your architecture, and it has been shown to make a pretty significant difference. You can even get Portage for OS X now, and use it to install your Unix-y stuff.
I would only use Linux over FreeBSD at this point if there are servers that won't run in BSD (e.g. OpenAFS) but this is becoming less of a problem as time goes on. FreeBSD's performance--especially under great load--is still superior in terms of speed, scalability and reliability. Good choice. <Smile>