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BSD "distro"? Really?

• tyingq 6y ago
  The D in BSD is...distribution.
  • jbverschoor 6y ago
    But there's only one distribution. Though dragonfly is a fork, it's not a redistribution.. or is it? But "Linux" is just a kernel.
    • yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
      > But there's only one distribution. No, there are BSD distros, like nomad BSD or ghost BSD, but not all BSDs are distros, unlike Linux distros. > Though dragonfly is a fork, it's not a redistribution.. or is it? Dragonfly is diverged enough to count as its own thing, I think.
      • qubex 6y ago
        DragonFlyBSD is definitely it’s own seperate branch of the evolutionary tree.
  • colejohnson66 6y ago
    I think they’re pointing out the duplication in “Berkeley Software Distribution disto/distribution”; similar to “ATM machine”, “PIN number”, “LCD display/screen”, etc.
    • SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
      No I am not. I am saying that BSD world is not distro driven. You would not call Android or ChromeOS a Linux distro. The difference between BSDs is very serious, and they are not by any means distros. They are variants for sure, but not "distros".
      • samoa42 6y ago
        > You would not call Android or ChromeOS a Linux distro. i do. nevertheless this debate is quite pointless
      • nix23 6y ago
        But distro comes from distribution, i think i would call Android with store a plattform, but Android without store a Distribution.
  • SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
    True, yes true, but it is there for entirely different reason than in the term "Linux distribution". Even more, if we follow your argument it makes even less sense, "distribution distribution". There some genuine "distibutions" among BSD, such as NomadBSD, PC-BSD etc (FreeBSD derived systems), but in most cases, BSDs are very different OSes, incompatible with each other, with very different kernels (OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD).
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  • snvzz 6y ago
    Thus redundant.