The thing that I don't get, is that the Linux people are always saying that BSD is a waste of time and that there's too many versions to make a difference.
This is coming from a community where there are approximately 12 different distributions of the same operating system. Not to mention, there is a new kernel patch released every other day, then Alan Cox makes his own patches of the same thing. Doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical?
As far as the different free BSD's go, they all have different goals for what they want their operating system to do, but they also cooperate with each other. The Linux kernel hackers have been known to borrow from the BSD's from time to time also.
So quit your quibbling over which is better. If you look in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and comp.os.linux.advocacy, almost all the threads are a BSD vs. Linux vs. Windows, or a GPL vs. BSD license argument. Both sides are trying to convince the other that they're better, while the other side isn't listening at all. It's like a catholic priest trying to convert a buddhist monk.
The moral of the story, kids, is use what you like, and don't worry about which is better.
BSD and Linux people (Score:2)
This is coming from a community where there are approximately 12 different distributions of the same operating system. Not to mention, there is a new kernel patch released every other day, then Alan Cox makes his own patches of the same thing. Doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical?
As far as the different free BSD's go, they all have different goals for what they want their operating system to do, but they also cooperate with each other. The Linux kernel hackers have been known to borrow from the BSD's from time to time also.
So quit your quibbling over which is better. If you look in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and comp.os.linux.advocacy, almost all the threads are a BSD vs. Linux vs. Windows, or a GPL vs. BSD license argument. Both sides are trying to convince the other that they're better, while the other side isn't listening at all. It's like a catholic priest trying to convert a buddhist monk.
The moral of the story, kids, is use what you like, and don't worry about which is better.