Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:35:14 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, falkman@gamozo.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <20100301053514.GA5440@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100228201322.GA82783@rwxrwxrwx.net> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <20100228201322.GA82783@rwxrwxrwx.net>
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 09:13:25PM +0100, Martin Tournoij wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:49:23PM -0600, Brandon Falk wrote: > > > Why is it that FreeBSD is so far behind Linux in popularity? The fact > > that lots of companies are not very supportive of FreeBSD (ex. NVIDIA > > and ATI 64-bit drivers) is really starting to bother me. > > The reason there are no 64bit nVidia drivers is because the FreeBSD kernel is > missing some features that are needed for this. (I believe there are beta > 64bit drivers now though?). > In any case, it is hardly fair to blame nvidia. I have to leap to nvidia's defense also. They worked hard with the FreeBSD team to come up with a 64-bit driver which I'm currently running without problems on AMD64: x11/nvidia-driver > > > I guess I would like to have a bit of a discussion of what could be improved > > to increase the popularity of FreeBSD. > > Nothing. FreeBSD has no plans or illusions to take over the world. Correct. It's minding it's own business > > > Any opinions/ideas on this situation? > > There is no situation. I've seen Linux go from quite a nice OS to one that is dominated by a few individual companies: RH, IBM, Novell. I don't want that to happen with FreeBSD. If it does; NetBSD here I come ;) To be honest, I think the licence puts off most of the commercial entities. Which is a *good* thing. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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