It probably has a lot to do with FreeBSD having a much more focused niche. FreeBSD is really tuned primarily for servers. You can use it on your desktop, but that's not really it's main purpose. Linux on the other hand, has really branched out. It has desktop distros, server distros, embedded distros, and probably a couple other areas I haven't thought of.
You think so? I dunno, it seems to me that FreeBSD suits the desktop role really well; I use it for preference. Especially when you consider that the only OS with more packages is Debian, it makes sense that it can fit a desktop role extremely nicely.
Whatever happened to Windows? Or does programs != packages?
Funny you should mention that. If you rule out junk software like sparkly mouse cursors, Windows seems to have less software than any other major OS (given that most Unix software is already ported to OS X, or at least can be). I feel constricted every time I have to use a Windows box because none of the programs I want to use are installed, or even readily available. No, I'm not joking.
Amen. I want a piece of software on a linux box, open the pkg mngr and click (or open a terminal and type) and its there. And when I want to update, everything does, automatically, with one command. Usually in cron. If I want to reinstall, copy home and the dir with all the dl'ed pkgs in it somewhere, nuke, copy back, update from the dir, and back to happy. It ain't religious anymore, Windows really does suckTM, I will take any *nix os. And what up with Win2k3 server? 885$?! For a damn OS? Damn, it costs tw
You don't have to be Kreskin (Score:-1, Flamebait)
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: (Score:4, Interesting)
Re: (Score:1)
Re:You don't have to be Kreskin (Score:3, Interesting)
Funny you should mention that. If you rule out junk software like sparkly mouse cursors, Windows seems to have less software than any other major OS (given that most Unix software is already ported to OS X, or at least can be). I feel constricted every time I have to use a Windows box because none of the programs I want to use are installed, or even readily available. No, I'm not joking.
Re: (Score:2)