From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 00:23:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB0C0A76 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (si-002-i86.relay.mailchannels.net [173.236.122.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA45090D for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:23:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|120.29.118.146 Received: from mail-24.name-services.com (ip-10-33-12-218.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.33.12.218]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 976B7100FD7; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:08:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|120.29.118.146 Received: from mail-24.name-services.com (mail-24.name-services.com [10.245.50.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.2.14); Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:08:06 GMT X-MC-Relay: Forwarding X-MailChannels-SenderId: _forwarded-from|120.29.118.146 X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: demandmedia X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1413418085844:2075201418 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1413418085843 Received: from [192.168.111.107] (UnknownHost [120.29.118.146]) by mail-24.name-services.com with SMTP; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:02:52 -0700 Message-ID: <543F0B26.40805@a1poweruser.com> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:02:46 +0800 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walter Subject: Re: minder References: <543ED1D6.3000500@saveouraquifer.org> <543ED8C1.9090508@gmail.com> <543EF466.3070908@saveouraquifer.org> In-Reply-To: <543EF466.3070908@saveouraquifer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:23:42 -0000 Walter wrote: > On 10/15/14, 4:27 PM, Rolf Nielsen wrote: >> On 2014-10-15 21:58, Walter wrote: >>> but it's hard to know how useful these are without trying them >>> all, and I'm hoping people here can guide me. Ultimately, I'm >>> interested in secure, encrypted p2p operations starting with basic >>> messaging, which will run on Windows-something, Mac, and Linux >>> (BSD) OS's. >> And just as pear is a flavour of apple, BSD is really a flavour of >> Linux... Right? > I may run BSD on some servers, but most people run Linux with > a desktop. And if it runs on Linux, it will likely run under BSD. > > Or am I wrong on that? Or that most people use Linux over BSD? > > Walter BSD IS NOT A FAVOR OF LINUX. FreeBSD and Linux are complete independent re-writes of Unix. The other BSD's are forks of FreeBSD. There are many open sourced software that are coded to execute on most flavors of Unix. Microsoft Windows is a completely independent operating system which internally is as different as night and day to the Unix flavored operating systems. Your above statement that "most people use linux over BSD" is just as wrong as saying "most people drive a Kia car over a VW". Each Unix favored operating system has different bells and whistles with their own loyal user groups.