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FreeBSD 4.2 Reviewed

Posted by Nik on from the NP:-DLT-going-thrumm-thrumm-thrumm dept.

Patrick Mullen writes "There are a lot of users out there looking to switch to *BSD or simply upgrade to the latest FreeBSD but have no idea exactly how it looks compared to the older releases or Linux. I have just posted a review of FreeBSD 4.2 which compares it to Linux, as well as its predecessor, 4.1.1."

2 of 6 comments (clear)

  1. ext2fs by dcs · · Score: 2

    ext2fs is *NOT* experimental. It's not experimental on 4.2, nor was it experimental in 3.x, nor even on 2.x.

    What happens is Linux have been adding features to ext2fs, which FreeBSD, obviously, always lag behind.

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    (8-DCS)
  2. Review by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 2
    Wow, no posts, rare for a BSD thread.

    Dunno, this review is riddled with little niggling errors (I hate people that say medias, It's already plural). He also starts off as a handholding session, then drops it with "UNIX folks can handle this" when he doesn't want to dive in.
    And he doesn't list UFS as a filesystem type? BTW: ext2 in 4.1 is experimental. Idunno if they improved it greatly in 4.2, but likely also to be in that state. List it as unstable.

    Barely any comparison to 4.1 or 4.0 (encryption, kernel accept filters might help speed up web servers and other daemons), nor how easy it is to upgrade from an old install.

    Hmm, grouchy, must be nap time. Night night.