Tony Sidaway (minorityreport@bluebottle.com) [050421 04:59]:
Jimmy Wales said:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
For stability, really it's hard to beat BSD if it'll talk to your hardware.
Do we have any practical problems with OS stability?
If not, stick with what you have.
Well, yeah. Every Unix is pretty much reliable enough for these purposes. At that point it can be a bigger problem adapting to the funny little ways of a different OS than whatever improvements may come with a change. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Kate has mentioned that a server or two are being tested on FreeBSD, which she prefers personally, but the fact it's a different OS means a new set of quirks to learn. Which is presumably worth learning about, but is an important factor to consider.
- d.