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FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue. I also haven't heard c

FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue. I also haven't heard credible reports of it being slow, except for things it's not really used for (like drivers for consumer wifi cards).

nix23 6y ago
Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud.
- a1369209993 6y ago
  Don't forget the duct tape, bailing wire, and gum.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  Nobody uses just the kernel alone, so I think it's fair to consider the other required components when looking at the system.
  - mulmen 6y ago
    But FreeBSD is an operating system. The userland and kernel are developed together, in the same source tree AFAIK. With Linux you have to glue a user land on to use the kernel, which is a "distribution" which is actually an operating system.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
      Agreed? I thought we were talking about Linux
      - mulmen 6y ago
        This is an article and thread about FreeBSD. Linux was invoked and compared to FreeBSD in a completely nonsensical way.
      - nix23 6y ago
        Linux is a Kernel...like you said, are you talking about gnu/linux musl/gnu/linux musl/busybox/linux libc++/uClibc/glibc/musl/busybox/matchbox/gnu/rpm/deb/tar.gz any other distro/composition of software that runs on linux? You see the problem? Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD/Open/Net/Dragonfly are real OS's...with pkg's.
        yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
        The grandparent of my post was: >> FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue. To which was offered: > Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud. So I pointed out that it is fair to call it glued together, because there's no other way to use Linux except with glue. This is applicable to any of GNU/Linux, Busybox/Linux, etc.
        nix23 6y ago
        But one could get rid of the clay and mud...that was my point.
darthrupert 6y ago
That’s what systemd is giving the Linux world, though. A carefully designed system for a lot of very essential things, so that distros will need to apply less glue.
- nix23 6y ago
  >carefully designed system Ehm...really? Are you making fun of us?
  - darthrupert 6y ago
    In this case, no.
    - nix23 6y ago
      Ahhh the coconut ridle...

nix23 6y ago

Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud.

a1369209993 6y ago
Don't forget the duct tape, bailing wire, and gum.
yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
Nobody uses just the kernel alone, so I think it's fair to consider the other required components when looking at the system.
- mulmen 6y ago
  But FreeBSD is an operating system. The userland and kernel are developed together, in the same source tree AFAIK. With Linux you have to glue a user land on to use the kernel, which is a "distribution" which is actually an operating system.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    Agreed? I thought we were talking about Linux
    - mulmen 6y ago
      This is an article and thread about FreeBSD. Linux was invoked and compared to FreeBSD in a completely nonsensical way.
    - nix23 6y ago
      Linux is a Kernel...like you said, are you talking about gnu/linux musl/gnu/linux musl/busybox/linux libc++/uClibc/glibc/musl/busybox/matchbox/gnu/rpm/deb/tar.gz any other distro/composition of software that runs on linux? You see the problem? Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD/Open/Net/Dragonfly are real OS's...with pkg's.
      - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
        The grandparent of my post was: >> FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue. To which was offered: > Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud. So I pointed out that it is fair to call it glued together, because there's no other way to use Linux except with glue. This is applicable to any of GNU/Linux, Busybox/Linux, etc.
        nix23 6y ago
        But one could get rid of the clay and mud...that was my point.

darthrupert 6y ago

That’s what systemd is giving the Linux world, though. A carefully designed system for a lot of very essential things, so that distros will need to apply less glue.

nix23 6y ago
>carefully designed system Ehm...really? Are you making fun of us?
- darthrupert 6y ago
  In this case, no.
  - nix23 6y ago
    Ahhh the coconut ridle...