Comment Re:Linux and FreeBSD (Score 1) 170
We use Solaris desktops (yes, Solaris *does* make a good desktop OS, although Linux has its charms), Solaris as a server OS, and very little else.
Linux is useful as it's a Unix with good device driver support. If you have a slightly odd device (eg. some sound cards, etc.) Linux is more likely to have a driver for it than anothing other than Windows. We don't generally do Windows (it's hideous, let's face it), so this is a good second best.
I quite like Solaris, for all its faults. My coloed box is Solaris (Netra T1); my shared coloed box is Linux. My desktop at home is Linux, and my desktop at work is Solaris. I therefore feel well enough equipped to talk about the relative strengths and weaknesses of both. There are many who think that Linux is the be-all and end-all of computing. I'm afraid they're wrong...
Oh, yeah, I work in the same department as Damion. You'd probably guessed that.
Linux is useful as it's a Unix with good device driver support. If you have a slightly odd device (eg. some sound cards, etc.) Linux is more likely to have a driver for it than anothing other than Windows. We don't generally do Windows (it's hideous, let's face it), so this is a good second best.
I quite like Solaris, for all its faults. My coloed box is Solaris (Netra T1); my shared coloed box is Linux. My desktop at home is Linux, and my desktop at work is Solaris. I therefore feel well enough equipped to talk about the relative strengths and weaknesses of both. There are many who think that Linux is the be-all and end-all of computing. I'm afraid they're wrong...
Oh, yeah, I work in the same department as Damion. You'd probably guessed that.
