From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 20:30:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2629A106564A for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:30:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpetsmoker-dated-1268079207.64413d@rwxrwxrwx.net) Received: from cthulhu.daemonforums.org (cthulhu.daemonforums.org [94.142.244.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F7B8FC0C for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by cthulhu.daemonforums.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AD07C17041; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by cthulhu.daemonforums.org (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1001); Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:26 +0100 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:25 +0100 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100228201322.GA82783@rwxrwxrwx.net> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Martin Tournoij Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, falkman@gamozo.org Cc: falkman@gamozo.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:30:39 -0000 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 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. > Any opinions/ideas on this situation? There is no situation. -- Martin Tournoij carpetsmoker@rwxrwxrwx.net | (+031) 621 991 576 http://www.carpetsmoker.net | http://www.daemonforums.org QOTD: If in doubt, mumble.