From: Simon J Mudd (no email)
Date: Sun Oct 14 2001 - 18:26:13 EDT
writes:
> I'm intrigued by the comments I've seen on this list regarding BSD as a
> platform for Postfix. I'm used to using Linux, first on Slackware, then Redhat.
>
> I have no problem trying out a new operating system (ie: BSD or OpenBSD),
> and I'm sure I'll get it working, but I am concerned about keeping it safe
> over the months and years by keeping the packages up to date, etc.
>
> In Redhat, we have redhat to hold our hand and provide updated RPM's in
> a well known place.
Not for postfix. There are "redhat" rpms, provided by them, but they
are old and rather out of date. They also don't follow a couple of
guidelines recommended by Wietse such as unique user and group for
postfix's use. (the use group mail).
I have been building Postfix rpms for some time and try to keep them
up to date and as error free as possible, but I do this in my own time.
> I guess what I'm saying is, I'm willing to take the plunge and try it full bore, but
> I'm a little nervous that I'll do something stupid and someone will "own" by box.
> I'm obviously a lot more comfortable with Linux. Any words of encouragement or
> prodding to try BSD and can someone describe it's advantages over Redhat 7.1?
I'm using both systems on different PCs. while not wanting to go into
unix wars, both models have their advantages. Personally I like RPM a
lot, but I'm less keen on RedHat and other linux rpm distributions
partly for forcing a large install and not having a small base system.
FreeBSD works very nicely. The package manager though IMO is inferior
to rpm, at least for managing package upgrades and verifications and
using the ports as far as I can see is little more than building and
installing packages "on-line".
I would suggest that you try one of the BSDs and play with it for a
while. The advantage of this is you will end up being more
comfortable with UNIX and also aware of the different ways of doing
things. This helps you objectively choose what's best for you.
Postfix is supposed to perform better on FreeBSD (I think), and
certainly softupdates are supposed to help a lot.
In the end for it really to matter you need to be putting a lot of
mail through the system. If you are not it just doesn't matter that
much and either platform will cover your needs.
Simon
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