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> The bsds are actually less stable than Linux. > Stable meaning changes, in this context, right? freeBSD changes ABI compatibility with every version. Every

> The bsds are actually less stable than Linux. > Stable meaning changes, in this context, right? freeBSD changes ABI compatibility with every version. Every major version, right? From becoming -Stable to ending its support lifecycle, I'd think a FreeBSD version and its ABIs are supported as long as many Linux distro LTS releases.

dijit 6y ago
The major difference being that if you have a statically compiled binary from linux 2.4 it will work on linux 5.5 The only difference will be any shared libraries and potentially the libc. But if we're speaking from a pure technical perspective, the libc is not linux.
- floatboth 6y ago
  Binaries from all the way back from FreeBSD 4.0 work on -CURRENT just fine.
  - jeffdavis 6y ago
    And I seem to remember that FreeBSD can support linux binaries, too.