Migrating from BSD 3.1 to Linux?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday June 1, 1999 @01:09PM from the call-the-moving-van dept.

Slain asks: "I've searched the internet looking for information about migrating from BSD to Linux. I have not found anything on the subject. Is it something that is just not done? What if you wanted to switch for cost reasons? Is it not done because you are already running a flavor of UNIX so why switch? I have a BSD box which is used as the primary internet mail server for the company. It has about 700+ users and grows about 20+ a week. Why do we want to migrate? The reason are as follows: newer hardware, user maintenance and we want to reduce services to the users (eg. make them POP only accounts). Anyone out there have any suggestions?

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FreeBSD? by platinum · 1999-06-01 08:28 · Score: 2

Not to be anti-Linux, but have you considered migrating to FreeBSD? Other than FreeBSD's ability to run BSDi binaries (in case you have software that cannot be easily ported or is not open source) and Linux binaries, compile most applications with little or no changes, and similiar in many aspects of configuration, FreeBSD is, like, Linux, open source. In addition, FreeBSD has proven itself time and again running high-profile sites such as ftp.cdrom.com, www.yahoo.com, and even the Microsoft-owned www.hotmail.com. See www.freebsd.org for more information.