> Most of your list is just the fact that FreeBSD has a giant ifconfig binary instead of separate tools for different features. That's mostly a taste issue. No

> Most of your list is just the fact that FreeBSD has a giant ifconfig binary instead of separate tools for different features. That's mostly a taste issue. No, its not that. It clearly shows how fragmented Linux ecosystem is.. On Freebsd, on the other side, if a new kernel/OS feature is created, the enginner/designer of that feature can count on, create (or modify) existing tools in the userland, cause he knows the userland will ship together with the modified version of the kernel(or dinamic module) It gives the whole system, a consistency; not easilly found anywhere else, much less in Linux.. if you start to use Freebsd for some time, you will just note this.. It gives you a better, and consistent experience, and i think is this what Unix should look like..