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Linux is haphazard because it's really only the kernel. The analog of "FreeBSD" would be a linux distro like Redhat or Debian etc. In fact, systemd's real goa
by throw7 10mo ago
Linux is haphazard because it's really only the kernel. The analog of "FreeBSD" would be a linux distro like Redhat or Debian etc. In fact, systemd's real goal was to get rid of linux' haphazard nature... but it's ahhh really divisive as everyone knows.
I go back to early Linux' initial success because of the license. It's the first real decision you have to make once you start putting your code out there.
- fridder 10mo agoYes and no. There was also some intellectual property shenanigans with FreeBSD 4.3 and then the really rough FreeBSD 5 series and their initial experiments with M:N threading with the kernel and troubles with SMP