DesktopLinux.com's executive editor recently decided to retire Red Hat 7 after seven years of loyal service as his home LAN's firewall/router OS. This article chronicles his trials and tribulations as he presses "pure Debian" into service, first as a server and then as a Linux desktop. Read the complete tale here.
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Could you elaborate on what "feels more solid" about a FreeBSD terminal?
I've always had exactly the opposite impression. All the BSDs always seem to be behind the times by default and take some tweaking to make them feel "right".
What I mean by that is:
The default shell doesn't seem to have all the abilities of BASH on Linux (e.g., going back to the beginning of the current command line when hitting the home button. BSD just beeps and puts crap on the end of the command line. In order to go back, you have to hit the CTRL + A sequence).
I don't like BSDs mouse setup too much.
Patching a system is easier on Debian (in my opinion).
apt seems more mature than cvsup, even if I choose to install from source, in that I don't have to edit files and jump through as many hoops to keep my system up to date or install new things. I'll admit that the new cvsup replacement, whatever it is called, is closer to what I like.
...to name a few.
Don't get me wrong, I really like BSD on the server, but I can't think of anything at the command line that would lead me to think it "feels more solid" than a Linux machine.
Please enlighten.
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2006-02-01
Debian is my server choice for most locations.
Although I've started using FreeBSD and I can tell you it's awesome, even at a terminal, it just feels so much more solid.
I like Debian for those times you need it up and running quickly, because it's all binary, very easy with apt-get (Which I think is the best package manager out there, I've always disliked rpm's, even with yum etc) to set it up quickly and it's solid as.
I'm really looking forward to Debian4 with all the huge updates, going to be great stuff.
Edited 2006-12-13 06:58