On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Amarendra Godbole
> wrote:
>> What good is efficiency when it sacrifices stability and reliability?
>
> I find the statement to be contradictory - suggesting that Linux is
> efficient but not stable or reliable.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Mayuresh wrote:
[...]
> Agree, BSD development is much cleaner and Linux lacks same amount of
> control - as someone's blog says, the latter follows chaos model. (It is a
> well meaned remark about Linux development model.)
>
> Why does chaos win over discipline in
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Amarendra Godbole
wrote:
> What good is efficiency when it sacrifices stability and reliability?
I find the statement to be contradictory - suggesting that Linux is
efficient but not stable or reliable.
IMO, all three have to co-exist.
> I find Linux code to be b
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 07:14:02AM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote:
> What good is efficiency when it sacrifices stability and reliability?
> I find Linux code to be bloated, untested, and added at whim of a
> developer or two who has/have clout. All Linux h/w drivers are
> typically "blobs" - writt
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Mayuresh wrote:
[...]
> What pleases me as a user is effective use of CPU to achieve higher
> efficiency and a minimalist no-bloat approach to installation, services
> etc.
>
> BSDs I saw till now are good in the latter, though Linux fared better on
> efficiency so
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 08:44:50PM +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Mayuresh wrote:
>
> .
>
> > Hmm... Attractive enough.. Will give it a try when time permits. Would
> > have all 3 BSDs + 1 Linux with me by then...
> >
>
> While you are in the *BSD moo
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Mayuresh wrote:
.
> Hmm... Attractive enough.. Will give it a try when time permits. Would
> have all 3 BSDs + 1 Linux with me by then...
>
While you are in the *BSD mood, give DragonFlyBSD a shot. I came
across it in a CentOS discussion thread
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:15:28AM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote:
> OpenBSD is about "correctness", so security, reliability and
> robustness are included as a by-product. The code is clean,
> frequently-audited, and bugs are fixed faster than any other OS I
> know. Plus, there is not much debate
