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It's like butter!
 
 
 
One can't argue with [http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html Netcraft]. Ok, one can (for starters, uptime alone is an unscientific indicator of OS stability), but FreeBSD's rock-solid stability and reliability are nonetheless legendary and widely documented. FreeBSD is the OS behind many of the world's most high traffic websites.
 
One can't argue with [http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html Netcraft]. Ok, one can (for starters, uptime alone is an unscientific indicator of OS stability), but FreeBSD's rock-solid stability and reliability are nonetheless legendary and widely documented. FreeBSD is the OS behind many of the world's most high traffic websites.
  
 
If you prefer your evidence colloquial, the machine below has been operating as a dedicated, publicly-accessible [[OpenVPN]] server for one of [[User:Jimbo |Jimbo]]'s customers for nearly three continuous years with no downtime.  (Only the fact that it's a laptop has allowed it to rack up such a big uptime - the power company's not nearly as reliable as the OS!)
 
If you prefer your evidence colloquial, the machine below has been operating as a dedicated, publicly-accessible [[OpenVPN]] server for one of [[User:Jimbo |Jimbo]]'s customers for nearly three continuous years with no downtime.  (Only the fact that it's a laptop has allowed it to rack up such a big uptime - the power company's not nearly as reliable as the OS!)
  
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I wonder if it's like butter?
 
  $ '''[[uname]] -a'''
 
  $ '''[[uname]] -a'''
 
   FreeBSD vpn.redacted.tld 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003
 
   FreeBSD vpn.redacted.tld 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003

Revision as of 05:17, 7 February 2008

One can't argue with Netcraft. Ok, one can (for starters, uptime alone is an unscientific indicator of OS stability), but FreeBSD's rock-solid stability and reliability are nonetheless legendary and widely documented. FreeBSD is the OS behind many of the world's most high traffic websites.

If you prefer your evidence colloquial, the machine below has been operating as a dedicated, publicly-accessible OpenVPN server for one of Jimbo's customers for nearly three continuous years with no downtime. (Only the fact that it's a laptop has allowed it to rack up such a big uptime - the power company's not nearly as reliable as the OS!)

I wonder if it's like butter?

$ uname -a
 FreeBSD vpn.redacted.tld 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003
$ uptime
 2:28PM  up 1078 days,  5:20, 1 user, load averages: 0.58, 0.35, 0.25
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