From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 18:24:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D7216A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:24:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from trans-warp.net (hyperion.trans-warp.net [216.37.208.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98BB443D5A for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:24:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unverified [65.193.73.208]) by trans-warp.net (SurgeMail 2.2g3) with ESMTP id 82839 for multiple; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:24:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <423346F4.7060007@makeworld.com> References: <20050312123840.19848c79.alfredoj69@gmail.com> <423346F4.7060007@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <885a1a993c8a666d9d4a5d6ec94031e1@chrononomicon.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bart Silverstrim Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:24:42 -0500 To: racerx@makeworld.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com X-Authenticated-User: bsilver@chrononomicon.com X-DNS-Paranoid: DNS ptr lookup of (65.193.73.208) failed cc: Aperez cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:24:56 -0000 On Mar 12, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Chris wrote: > Aperez wrote: >> Hello everybdody >> >> I read an interview of Linus Torvald made by Linux Magazine. In that >> interview Linus mentioned the following: >> >> "On the other hand, no, Linux does not have that stupid notion of >> having totally separate kernel development for different issues. If >> you want a secure BSD, you get OpenBSD; if you want a usable BSD, you >> get FreeBSD; and if you want BSD on other architectures, you get >> NetBSD. That___s just idiotic, to have different teams worry about >> different things." > > Here's irony posed as a question: > > ... and how many distros of Linux are there? I think the difference is that Linus is working on the Linux kernel. The distros, numerous as they are, all run the same kernel. Those separate distros package the other applications and userland apps and default configs. The kernel itself isn't under separate forks, whereas from what I understand the kernels for FBSD/NetBSD/OBSD are very similar, share a lot of crossed-over code, but are not identical and have separate "management" teams behind them. The Linux distros keep getting their kernel workings from one group (even if they tweak them). The BSDs do not.