Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:47 -0600 From: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle Message-ID: <op.v78woxkr34t2sn@tech304> In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201180928400.21214@oreo.lan> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211415580.19710@kozubik.com> <1326756727.23485.10.camel@Arawn> <4F14BAA7.9070707@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201161606230.19710@kozubik.com> <20120117010239.GA29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201171931120.21214@oreo.lan> <CADLo838h13c9Md-Qb5Pu%2BPSN1C=VNrNWgN-L%2Brq_XwFy83DWHA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201180928400.21214@oreo.lan>
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:30:20 -0600, Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org> wrote: > linux is, in fact, an operating system. > debian, red hat, ubuntu, gentoo, etc are distributions of that OS. It's not really worth getting into this argument, but I'll reiterate that no, it's not an OS -- it's a kernel. Without the userland utilities the distros provide it's not very usable. Linus and co don't maintain the shell or the rc subsystem or anything like that. They only work on the kernel and in-tree drivers. We need to be comparing FreeBSD to a full blown distro. Cheers
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