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I think an interesting question in this context is: If you wanted to create Ubuntu today, would you use GNU/Linux or FreeBSD as base?
by oDot 12y ago
I think an interesting question in this context is:
If you wanted to create Ubuntu today, would you use GNU/Linux or FreeBSD as base?
- jvdh 12y agoThis is not the right question to ask. Ubuntu is aimed at making Linux available to the masses on the desktop. FreeBSD has the aim to create a solid Unix environment. IMO FreeBSD is awesome as a server, and okay-ish for the desktop. PC-BSD makes it easier, but still: you need to know what you're doing, but if you do, it's pretty solid.
- oDot 12y agoI started wondering about this when I heard Sony uses the FreeBSD kernel. If for a console, why not for the desktop?
- baq 12y agodeveloping drivers is expensive. it makes sense to take a kernel and develop a in-house drivers for a more or less fixed set of hardware. less so to test thousands of apps on thousands possible hw configurations for very limited customer base. it's a ROI thing.