red hat or freebsd

[Ximensions]

Well I tried installing freebsd and miserably failed and messed it up! So now I'm thinking of sticking to redhat 9, are there any reasons to try freebsd again? I'm thinking of running a webserver.

[willy_ph]

I'll be the first to admit that getting FreeBSD up, running and configured properly isn't the easiest chore in the world. That said, where abouts did your FreeBSD installation fail?

FreeBSD is well suited for webserver duty, it's just a matter of getting it up and running. Additionally, RedHat has discontinued support for version 9. So I'd personally stick with FreeBSD and learn how to run it, or move to a different linux distro.

Here is a short guide on installing FreeBSD: http://bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/...stallation.php

Sure, BSD has its security advantages, but sssuming you apply the proper updates and apply common security sense when using Red Hat, a RH Linux box will work nicely for a webserver.

BSD can have a steep learning curve as comapred to Linux, especially in regards to installation and configuration. I recommend experimenting with the OS before seriously deploying it within an Internet server environment.

Robert Richmnd

[Ximensions]

I'm using version 4.9, I stayed away from current versions since I don't want any bugs etc.

My installation failed at the point just when I finished installing the packages and was configuring the system...I messed something up and had to restart. I think I'm going to give freebsd another go, if I run into problems and I can't find the answer on google or elsewhere, I'll post the problem here.

Thank you.