From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 23:06:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7014C106564A for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:06:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f172.google.com (mail-gx0-f172.google.com [209.85.217.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41528FC23 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: by gxk20 with SMTP id 20so519371gxk.19 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:06:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KQ8m0LiM9fX0vc2jZdPi+Xo2A5yjtToSBy0ZmEx1Dg4=; b=BSB3A21ZhzgqHe4ETdOIo1bNiHSSAwFV8BXILSDSvEHoMTuz+HNtOodD29GTkPixZW rUc0kLksSiskhdTgRhiWgAENt59DJ3caAipf7KkMT9lDI6hCLuGC3dpnLF8WcDoJY1i3 RABjBNqi0Sjun8hmdVVXC5qWWLN4C8L70PlM8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mN9Hzv6SJayc3G1ajZ4okOHbJrZ0IRerrmNrGjmkFtwnVhBLHKSH5jLWmfzT8/Btai oc00YAl+5OcbHCsHoxd3qSKzqrRYoBZ9uHEpp83O3mI2E05Ujs+9zYzaQPZZhp8+oZx5 2yPOFFJGO8Snk32OjucH6QMyO41iCAJA8Sm80= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.72.3 with SMTP id u3mr379863aga.6.1240441594691; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:06:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EA66@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> References: <20090422184221.GB5191@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EA66@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:06:34 +0900 Message-ID: <8be8566f0904221606j3c83d711obe970b0a036ddb6b@mail.gmail.com> From: till plewe To: Gary Gatten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i had a tought X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:06:36 -0000 On 4/23/09, Gary Gatten wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jerry > McAllister > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:42 PM > To: Arjen Simon Scheer > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: i had a tought > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:10:04PM +0200, Arjen Simon Scheer wrote: > >> why there is not a lunix operatingsystem consortium, for the kernel > end >> the commercial userinterface???? > > Good question. > Maybe you should ask them. > > Probably few people on this list will know because it is not a Lunix > Email list. It is a group of FreeBSD users and FreeBSD is an operating > system. It is a BSD UNIX type of operating system. Although it > covers > some similar territory as Lunix, it is not Lunix nor a flavor of it. > > So, if you can find a friendly group of Lunix developers, then you > can ask them your question. Probably they will know more. > > As for FreeBSD, it does have a foundation - the FreeBSD foundation > and a consortium made up of committers which is lead by a core > group elected every two years. (something like that, I may be off > on the election cycle details) > > On the other hand, you can just stick with FreeBSD and not bother > with the Lunix stuff and you will get along just fine. > > ////jerry > > > > LMAO! Touche! So, are you saying I shouldn't ask any questions here > about Ubuntu, Suse, RedHat, et al? Isn't Lunix better than BSD anyway? > ;-) > To be allowed to ask questions about Ubuntu you first have to come up with a clever name like wily wombat, for Suse you need a hotmail.com address. I don't know anything about RedHat and etal. You could ask questions about Debian. But they are switching to FreeBSD anyway (the kernel switch is complete and userland is to follow shortly).