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本帖最后由 ulovko 于 2012-06-02 22:07 编辑

Im thinking about using OpenBSD or FreeBSD for my desktop. Can someone tell the advantages of FreeBSD over OpenBSD?

I have a little bit of experience with openbsd (mostly firewall/pf)

Originally Posted by Oko
I can not think of the single serious advantage of FreeBSD over OpenBSD for a typical desktop user.

Pro FreeBSD:

Programs in ports tend to be updated more frequently (in the majority of cases) than OpenBSD packages, in my experience. (I mean between OS releases)
Linux emulation is maintained, and a much higher priority than OpenBSDs.
A number of linux binaries avail for quick via ports, e.g. opera, flash, teamspeak2, etc. Useful when there isn't access to the apps source code.
For what use WINE is on BSD, it's probably the best on FreeBSD. Which ain't much use off Linux IMHO.
Official'ish nVidia drivers, FWIW.
Longer term of support for most releases than OpenBSD. (Security patches, errata, etc getting backported)
FreeBSD /bin/sh is better for testing portability of shell scripts than OpenBSDs (pd)ksh based implementation
More developers / eye balls

Pro OpenBSD:

Easier to update base system
Easier to update installed software
It doesn't get easier to install than OpenBSD (IMHO)
First to see improvements to PF
Steady and dependable support cycle.
Binary packages are much more reliable than FreeBSD, and generally preferred over ports! (FreeBSD is more of a source based distribution)
Awesome version of ksh, that removes the need to install something else (bash, zsh, etc).
The FAQ is golden. Read it, memorize it, redirect others to it.
The system tends to be more compact
Most interesting C library extensions and network drivers, tend to be ported from OpenBSD to FreeBSD/Linux; not so much the inverse.

If I keep going on OpenBSD, I'll hit the maximum size limits for posts, so I'll just say that I like that OS a lot .

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