FreeBSD or OpenBSD for Python?

Noah noah at noah.org
Fri Mar 19 20:40:23 EST 2004


Patrick Useldinger <p at trick.lu> wrote in message news:<vr2m50pstjdgktjmbjblpnjhd9or3anl1f at 4ax.com>...
> Hi All,
> I am looking for alternatives to my current Linux OS, and am currently
> evaluating both FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
> Has anyone got a strong point for or against one of these OSes,
> specifically regarding Python? I am especially interested in 
> - the ease of compiling CPython
> - the thread support (both for Python and in general)
> - running Twisted.
> Regards,
> -pu

I've been running Python on OpenBSD for years.
It builds and runs great. I do most of my work on OpenBSD.
Threads work fine, but it's been a while since I've tested them.
I have not tried CPython or Twisted.

Also, check out NetBSD as an alternative, but OpenBSD is still my favorite.

Yours,
Noah



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