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When it comes to the BSDs, here is my impressions of them: NetBSD wants to run everywhere. OpenBSD wants to be secure. DragonFly BSD wants to advanced.
by Esau 10y ago
When it comes to the BSDs, here is my impressions of them:
NetBSD wants to run everywhere.
OpenBSD wants to be secure.
DragonFly BSD wants to advanced.
FreeBSD wants to be Linux.
TrueOS wants to be Ubuntu.
(I don't list MacOS because I don't feel that it is a true BSD.)
- jrcii 10y agoThis is true of NetBSD and what I see repeated everywhere, but it's also an oversimplification that doesn't quite do it justice. As important as the end of portability is the modular (proper) architecture of the code base that provides this. "Code quality and correctness" is a stated feature of the OS, and by and large it is there.
- JdeBP 10y agoBeware that this sort of grouping is as superficial and wrong as categorizing people into blondes, brunettes, and redheads. In truth, they all aim to be portable, advanced, and secure, with desktop and server support. And there is plenty of sharing from each to the others. The differences amongst them are, in reality, not so easily pigeonholed.