FreeBSD Compared to Other Operating Systems
Here, we will compare the Windows 2000 and Linux operating systems to FreeBSD.
Windows 2000
Microsoft has done a good job of listening to what its customers want in an operating system. Windows 2000 doesn't allow you to “get under the hood” much. It is designed to work reasonably well for a wide variety of tasks without the user having to learn about the internals of the system. It does this at the expense of some performance and efficiency. Windows 2000 has relatively steep hardware requirements, but many users are willing to accept this in exchange for ease of use. In addition, because of the graphical design of Windows 2000, “power users” can easily hit limits. There is only so much that can be done ...
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