Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:34:36 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not? Message-ID: <20050313213436.GL18080@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <885a1a993c8a666d9d4a5d6ec94031e1@chrononomicon.com> References: <20050312123840.19848c79.alfredoj69@gmail.com> <423346F4.7060007@makeworld.com> <885a1a993c8a666d9d4a5d6ec94031e1@chrononomicon.com>
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--8cpS+6Cx+xtICsjy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 01:24:42PM -0500, Bart Silverstrim wrote: >=20 > On Mar 12, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Chris wrote: >=20 > >Aperez wrote: > >>Hello everybdody > >> > >>I read an interview of Linus Torvald made by Linux Magazine. In that=20 > >>interview Linus mentioned the following: > >> > >>"On the other hand, no, Linux does not have that stupid notion of=20 > >>having totally separate kernel development for different issues. If=20 > >>you want a secure BSD, you get OpenBSD; if you want a usable BSD, you= =20 > >>get FreeBSD; and if you want BSD on other architectures, you get=20 > >>NetBSD. That___s just idiotic, to have different teams worry about=20 > >>different things." > > > >Here's irony posed as a question: > > > >... and how many distros of Linux are there? >=20 > I think the difference is that Linus is working on the Linux kernel. =20 > The distros, numerous as they are, all run the same kernel. Those=20 > separate distros package the other applications and userland apps and=20 > default configs. The kernel itself isn't under separate forks, whereas= =20 > from what I understand the kernels for FBSD/NetBSD/OBSD are very=20 > similar, share a lot of crossed-over code, but are not identical and=20 > have separate "management" teams behind them. While each distros kernel is probably less different than a NetBSD vs. FreeBSD kernel, there still each different and a lot more of them. I had to download and install a very specific kernel from redhat to use on my debian system so I could use my wireless card. Also, some features can very wildly like IPSEC, some distros patch in FreeSWAN's stack, others the KAME stack. >=20 > The Linux distros keep getting their kernel workings from one group=20 > (even if they tweak them). The BSDs do not. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 =20 --8cpS+6Cx+xtICsjy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCNLHsbTXoRwEYo9IRAuzOAJ91+yPpw/vXjARo9Tvdo2Z5i/rYhgCfbl1a Fu/d67ZYMiNNRNYRPPlFBXg= =SjZE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8cpS+6Cx+xtICsjy--
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