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Google Tech Talks
June 20, 2007
ABSTRACT
The FreeBSD Project is one of the oldest and most successful open source operating system projects, seeing wide deployment across the IT industry. From the root name servers, to top tier ISPs, to core router operating systems, to firewalls, to embedded appliances, you can’t use a networked computer for ten minutes without using FreeBSD dozens of times. Part of FreeBSD’s reputation for quality and reliability comes from the nature of its development organization–driven by a hundreds of highly skilled volunteers, from high school students to university professors. And unlike most open source projects, the FreeBSD Project has developers who have been working…
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The truth is out there.
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stop saying argh damn it
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every other word is ‘uhm…’ worse than bush
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Wikipedia says that he was born in the UK.
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I can’t decide whether that guy is English, American or Australian
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In reply to opendebate’s comment.
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All I can say to that is this: Simply not true. FreeBSD isn’t just designed for server use only. Normal users can and do use freeBSD on laptops and desktops widely. Popularity for FreeBSD, yes will remain low compared to Linux, windows, or osx.
What’s the best OS for a server? Depends on what you want to do with the server. Don’t run Ubuntu (Worst Linux distro ever) on a server. Don’t put Window’s Server 2003 on an every day user computer.
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FreeBSD till the end..
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I saw the whole thing and I have to say: very interesting talk!
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i use linux on desktop as well
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freebsd is only for super users aka admin. normal users are not gonna use it in their production house, never. so that means freebsd popularity is and will still far below linux. don’t even compare it with osx and windows. anyway, i agree that freebsd is the best os … for server!
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I wonder why at 6:10 he went to say free software but corrected himself to say “open-source”…
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Thank you for uploading a 50 minute long video of BSD
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FreeBSD/OpenBSD for the definitive win.
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Linux = garbage
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I am still somewhat grappling w/ FreeBSD and Samba but i see the light
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FreeBSD the king of OS
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FreeBSD is awesome. – I’m using 6.3-RELEASE on another machine, and I have been able to maintain an uptime for over 200 days before I was forced to shutdown because of a dead HD.
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FreeBSD is thew best UNIX OS you will ever find for running web services! Go freeBSD!!!
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I love the freebsd Its is best OS on the world. Look at the internet servers uptime. First 20 always freebsd.
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Love FreeBSD. Doesn’t get near enough publicity. It’s proper UNIX, not that toy Linux.
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