On the bright side ... there's a very concerted effort in the Linux world to transform the OS into something completely different; simplified for casual users,

On the bright side ... there's a very concerted effort in the Linux world to transform the OS into something completely different; simplified for casual users, designed more for tablets and desktops, less modular, and non-portable. systemd, Weston, ALSA, Pulse, Gnome 3, Unity, Mir, etc. I'm quite relieved that these developers have Linux to focus on, and are sparing us their creations on the BSDs. And I'm not saying there's no place for whatever it is Redhat et al are creating, but I'm very happy that we still have a true Unix-like OS, and I'm not sure we would if all of these developers were focused solely on BSD in a hypothetical world without Linux.