Plus it makes those of use who make a living off of computers a tad bit more employable by more companies...*grin*

I have to agree here, Linux seems to have a lot more support, but IMHO, that's because of who uses it. Your 'normal' Linux user seems to be of the self taught school of computing. They learn by playing around with it and hacking it. Whereas your 'normal' FreeBSD user seems to a professional who relies upon it for buisness purposes. But, that's also just my impression of things...:)

Personally, I've seen both ways, though I have to say that FreeBSD is a lot more stable the Linux. While Linux is coded by a lot of people world wide, all trying to make it better, and get the latest, greatest features, it sometimes just thrown together. I give a very jaded look at any piece of code 'hacked in two hours to fulfill a need for a major unstability in the kernal' *grin* Or something like that. Again, the self taught part comes in here, while I know they're probally a very good programmer, theres the chance they misinterpet how something actually works. On the other hand, FreeBSD is being written by profressional software developers who've not only written other OS's, but have and are involved in making standards, such as PNP, EISA, PCI, etc. Both directions have their good and bad points. I've been using a PNP Modem in a Linux system as a Modem server for over a year now, BUT the system sometimes hangs up, or seems to slow down on through-put for no apparent reason. Reboot the computer, and the problem disappears. Linux seems to be a what I call a 'fiddle with it system.' Whereas with FreeBSD, it's extremly stable. On still another hand, (*grin* how many hands do I have? ) compared to anything Microsoft has released, they far superier in mission critical applications. It's an established fact in my workplace, that you MUST reboot a computer with a Microsoft product at least once every three-four days, preferablly every day. Linux seems to need to be rebooted once every three-six months, and FreeBSD... well... *grin*

As am I on the first, and just about to go to on the second...:)

My reasons for wanting to know FreeBSD, is I want to remove all Microsoft Products from my home network, and the one at work to save myself and my employer some major money! :)

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