Spend any amount of time in the FreeBSD kernel, and you'll figure out that "polish" aspect is just a myth. The Linux kernel is MUCH cleaner. Kernel subsystem a

Spend any amount of time in the FreeBSD kernel, and you'll figure out that "polish" aspect is just a myth. The Linux kernel is MUCH cleaner. Kernel subsystem are written by a couple developers at most, in private, and submitted as a +20k/-5k single file diff on a public ML for "discussion". Some developers I spoke with privately were able to make things move a bit by getting their commit bit and start making aggressive changes without discussions / consensus. That wasn't my style.