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> Because BSD is not just a kernel, but an entire operating system To my chagrin, I’ve never understood this. (A Linux distribution is not just a kernel, eithe
by Koshkin 5y ago
> Because BSD is not just a kernel, but an entire operating system
To my chagrin, I’ve never understood this. (A Linux distribution is not just a kernel, either.)
- nieve 5y agoIt just means that the BSDs have both their kernel and their full userland maintained by the same team whereas Linux to a certain extent splits responsibilities between the kernel devs and a bunch of other projects.
- enriquto 5y agothe bsd kernel is made by the same team as the rest of the system, and follows the same release schedule. Thus they can add a new syscall (e.g., pledge in openbd), and update all the programs at once to use it. That wouldn't really be possible in a linux distribution.