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Linux vs bsd?

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Hi,
I was trying to google this but didnt get many results.
Can someone please explain to me the main differences between linux and BSD in terms of security?
Some people say BSD is more secure but i wasn´t able to find out why.
Also, has anyone tried PC-BSD? What are your impressions?
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Re: Linux vs bsd?

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I've tried PC-BSD. PC-BSD is nice and has some neat advanced technology "under the hood", but it's not quite as polished and user-friendly as Linux Mint.

It has its own file system and boot loader, a different (more lenient) license (essentially it throws its code over the garden wall: do with it what you like), a division between the system and the applications, and it's currently a rolling release. Available with most desktop environments (used to be KDE only, but nowadays that's changed).

More secure than Linux: no.
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An OS is only as Secure as the nut behind the keyboard.
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I looked into FreeBSD (cuz it's supposedly more like Unix), but there were several things that kept me from installing it, after running and aborting the installer. With "looked into" but never used in mind, apparently it uses filesystems that Linux can't read, and it can't read ext4 systems (either at all or partially, with some mickey-mousing). Booting it from grub2 requires a hack.
On the other hand it's (supposedly) able to run most linux application software.
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I tried them Openbsd and PC-BSD and others, and I found them ok, I actually liked the partioning scheme they used. the ports package selections and the fact that it could run Linux programs (Linux compatible)

However, Linux is where all the action on the user space(Desktops, home users) happened, so *BSD while it is regarded as secure is not as functional for home users
--those who want newer and more apps available or want to know that the OS is progressing
  • Additionally, commercial vendors have mostly supported Linux systems/services and not *BSD
    --unless they were more interested in security and structured deliveries, like a commercial operation presumes is available..
The desktop versions of *BSD, like PC-BSD tried and mostly succeeded at being more user friendly, just like Linux in that regard.
--binary installs of packages is the one of the main features
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Post by shengchieh »

From my website,

http://www.howtogeek.com/190773/htg-exp ... x-and-bsd/ (HTG Explains: What's the Difference Between Linux and BSD?; 6/9/14)

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