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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!news-server.ncren.net!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!news From: Patrick Yaner <p_yaner@eos.ncsu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 3 Dec 1995 20:54:45 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 44 Message-ID: <49t2qm$dl7@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <49osrd$ptg@times.tfs.com> <49pb5g$di8@agate.berkeley.edu> <49s93l$a6@dyson.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rynoamy.rh.ncsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29009 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9708 comp.unix.advocacy:11652 comp.unix.misc:19781 root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) wrote: >Please refer to my previous posting as to the instructions. I claim >that the Linux kernel development is NOT open, but just a tease. Not >only is Linux encumbered, but the CVS tree (if there is one), is NOT >available AFAIK. When you use Linux, you have to agree to certain >usage restrictions. > >Nick, you do not seem to understand the issues, and I am sorry that you >have not been able to accept reality. Reality is, that FreeBSD development >is *extremely* open and the OS runtime is unencumbered. Begging the question >is silly -- so your above statement is vacuous. > >Why don't you just try supping the daily FreeBSD-current tree or perhaps >randomly ftp down any FreeBSD source file -- you can do it, no problem. If >you choose not to -- that is your decision also, but you and anyone else have >that choice. > >If the big Linux suppliers would make their daily source trees available, then >is the Linux kernel available for daily update??? Linus owns >Linux and through his generosity, you can use it -- isn't that nice of him?. Yeah, right. Don't go running you're mouth like that when you don't know all the facts (like I did not too long ago when making fun of Bill Gates in some or another news group). Now, I'm a Linux rookie, and I've never used FreeBSD, or even seen it in action, and I've read little about it. But the development of Linux is about as open as I've ever heard of in my life. I was supprised, in fact, that it remained as organized as it does. Linus is far from "owning" Linux. He started the whole thing, yeah, but it would still be a hiddeously buggy hobby of a bored grad student if it wasn't for all the other people developing bits and pieces of the Linux kernel. From what I can tell of all these messages posted here, it seems Linux is an OS for those who want to get their hands dirty in the maintenance and performance of their computer, and FreeBSD (likely -- but again I have absolutely no idea of what the facts are -- started with similar intentions) has been around longer, and is thus a bit more stable in terms of development, distribution, and availability. By the way, does FreeBSD have its equivalent of the Linux Documentation Project? I'm just asking. The Linux Doc Project has been my saving grace installing and setting up Linux.