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This 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 envir
by jvdh 12y ago
This 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.