From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 20:12:06 2010 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 A79D41065673 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:12:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7BE8FC14 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws2 with SMTP id 2so173644vws.13 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:12:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Bb4OZwW34gaLaBhHBA1yVWHozbpaS6mb7Kx6xeEXj9I=; b=AQVH2nYtUwByF0jiGXJZpQgFbZbaiaBBhZjs4blFqTW18/+4nNT852LQ7CTim4t7Z+ auWceRciQxpSwG76MSuBFFOumdHQjgAg3ZYOEMm9vPtNdSvJrlWkql8rxEYtLoQfH+OP 9uuPmzNNNiBRpy6bEW6AyvE1znU8GK5t6wRD0= 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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lM7fSXCOImU7x+yTZMsm9z1GzQ4Si7ZBcsIwDc/I9ipUEC7w/qWY1dwdYq4Qx9bhZr /fttwOjH4dTU+qL9p4eRL22xXi2MXBDzkHcNqlCbSVfNQUqECoUuQGsdl+yAMjF4LMAS 52LPpUNlX8064S3eYpcxJ8y30xfPfP6mUkPBE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.200.138 with SMTP id ew10mr873956vcb.134.1286395924729; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.183.65 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:12:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101006181401.GB75552@guilt.hydra> References: <4CAB25B1.6050906@radel.com> <4CAB2731.9090502@exonetric.com> <20101006181401.GB75552@guilt.hydra> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:12:04 +0200 Message-ID: From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook 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, 06 Oct 2010 20:12:06 -0000 On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 10:50:42AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Mark Blackman wrote= : >> > There's also the whole train of thought that says FreeBSD isn't really >> > aimed at the desktop/laptop/notebook use model and any benefit in that= arena >> > is entirely coincidental. >> >> That tends to be my perspective. =A0Linux tends to be more useful on >> laptops and desktops, where up-to-the-minute hardware support is >> needed. =A0For servers, where stability is important, I tend to prefer >> BSD, all other things being equal. > > Weird. =A0I guess maybe my excellent experience of using FreeBSD on my > ThinkPad is "wrong", and so is my experience of various Linux > distributions having more maintenance issues than FreeBSD on similar > hardware, and I should stop. No, it=B4s not wrong .. just keep buying ThinkPads .. most devels use them and hence .. they get more attention. > >> >> Besides the mindshare issue that's been mentioned, part of the problem >> here is the balkanized nature of open source licenses, too. =A0Linux >> driver code is useless to FreeBSD developers because the GPL isn't >> compatible with the BSD license. > > I don't think that's the case. =A0Maybe such drivers cannot be integrated > directly with the base system without licensing issues, but it can > certainly be distributed and installed when appropriate. =A0It is, in fac= t, > for this reason of compatibility that FreeBSD has had ZFS support where > Linux-based systems have not. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >