On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Joseph Wayodi <jwayodi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
*10 differences between Linux and BSD*
How often do you hear people lumping together Linux and any of the BSDs? I've done it on occasion, and I hear it all the time. Of course, there are plenty of similarities between Linux and BSD: They are both based on UNIX. For the most part, both systems are developed by noncommercial organizations. And I must say that both the Linux and BSD variants have one common goal -- to create the most useful, reliable operating system available.
Still, there are significant differences as well. And when people overlook them, the whole BSD community shivers with anger. So I thought I would do my best to help my BSD brethren out and explain some of the ways Linux differs from BSD. **
Are you comparing the Linux *kernel* project to those (kernels) from any of the xBSD projects? Or are you comparing complete GNU/Linux *systems* to xBSD systems? Or are you comparing the GNU/Linux *way of doing things* to the xBSD way of doing things?
Note that in the GNU/Linux world, there's the GNU *philosophy*, and there's the "Linux" philosophy. Also note that GNU/Linux *distributions* are independent projects, and do things very differently from each other. Also, distributions include packages from not only the GNU project [1] and the Linux kernel project.
And there is some interesting cross polination in the works, from projects such as Debian GNU/kFreeBSD: <http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/>, and Nexenta: <http://nexenta.org/>.
Hello Joseph, The answer to all those questions you have raised - it's why I never use Linux :-) This was a general comparison, not biased towards any single Linux or any single *BSD. Honestly speaking, I don't understand the Linux development system. With FreeBSD, you have a group of people who are responsible for the Operating System, the utilities and the additional software (wether ports or packages). With Linux, you have a group of people who are responsible for the Operating System and utilities. And a group of people who are responsible for the additional software.... And a group of people who are distributing it..... And they all are different people..... And last but not least... which distribution should I take? If I choose Red Hat or Debian or Suse, what are the consequences for later? Can I run the program compiled with Debian Linux under Red Hat or Suse. Can I even get it compiled? I'm not saying that Linux is bad, evil or something. There are just a lot of things I don't understand or agree with regarding it. Well, the same thing applies to other operating systems. Closed and Open. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube