Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:32:57 +0100 From: Jacob Atzen <jacob@aub.dk> To: Wouter Houweling <ww.houweling@zonnet.nl>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD or Linux? Message-ID: <20021222213257.GA1845@morpheus.aub.dk> In-Reply-To: <1040586636.43821.26.camel@work1.ziso.net> References: <1040586636.43821.26.camel@work1.ziso.net>
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 08:50:36PM +0100, Wouter Houweling wrote: > One question keeps bugging me though: why is gnulinux so much more > popular then FreeBSD atm? Is the fact that Linux is 'hot' the reason > they are (in my opinion) going in the wrong direction? I've been using Linux for quite a while across several distributions. I'm very new to FreeBSD. I've got a FBSD box installed, but never really used it. The way I see it Linux is somewhat more hyped at the moment. Probably because it's bigger commercially than FreeBSD. And also because it's a good story for the media. Started by a single person, spread on out through the net. One thing I like about Linux is the decentralization. Only the kernel is under somewhat strict control. Somehow it seems more open than FreeBSD, though in reality it probably is not. Another aspect of this is the multiple distributions (there's a slew of different Linuxes out there). So if you want a very back-to-basics distribution you can have that. If you want a very polished Windows-like distro you can have that. That's a choice you don't have in FreeBSD. I'm curious as to why you seem to think that Linux is going in the wrong direction? Are you talking about the Linux kernel or SUSE or...? If you want a more BSD-like system you might like to try out Gentoo Linux. It's not graphical like SUSE or RedHat. It even has a ports-like system called portage. Which IMHO is superior to BSD ports. (Let the flame wars begin! ;-)) -- Greets - Jacob Atzen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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