So apparently Linux is slowly becoming popular. But what about that 
*other* open-source OS? Specifically, the various BSD variants? 
(FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSD on LSD...) Anybody know 
anything about them? Are they any different to Linux? Is anybody likely 
to care?

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> So apparently Linux is slowly becoming popular. But what about that 
> *other* open-source OS? Specifically, the various BSD variants? 
> (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSD on LSD...) Anybody know 
> anything about them? Are they any different to Linux? Is anybody likely 
> to care?

  Ever heard of this website called wikipedia?

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                                                          - Warp

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Invisible escreveu:
> So apparently Linux is slowly becoming popular. But what about that 
> *other* open-source OS? Specifically, the various BSD variants? 
> (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSD on LSD...) Anybody know 
> anything about them? Are they any different to Linux?

Not that much.  Different implementation of Unix-like system, pretty 
much same interface, utilities, programs and libraries.

> Is anybody likely 
> to care?

Yes, why not?

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> So apparently Linux is slowly becoming popular. But what about that 
>> *other* open-source OS? Specifically, the various BSD variants? 
>> (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSD on LSD...) Anybody know 
>> anything about them? Are they any different to Linux? Is anybody likely 
>> to care?
> 
>   Ever heard of this website called wikipedia?

Wanna take a guess how I even know that BSD exists in the first place?

I was just wondering if anybody here has any real-world experience with it.

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Invisible escreveu:
> Wanna take a guess how I even know that BSD exists in the first place?

You heard modern Macintosh OSs are based off on FreeBSD?  Or that Yahoo 
uses a FreeBSD farm?

> I was just wondering if anybody here has any real-world experience with it.

sure, lots.  I have not because Linux seems more well suited for the 
desktop.  BSDs are used more on servers and well regarded at that:  "The 
power to serve" is not mere slogan... ;)

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nemesis wrote:

> You heard modern Macintosh OSs are based off on FreeBSD?

Ah, but I've never used (or seen) Mac OS either. ;-)

>> I was just wondering if anybody here has any real-world experience 
>> with it.
> 
> sure, lots.  I have not because Linux seems more well suited for the 
> desktop.  BSDs are used more on servers and well regarded at that:  "The 
> power to serve" is not mere slogan... ;)

Fair enough...

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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anybody here has any real-world experience with it.

> sure, lots.  I have not because Linux seems more well suited for the 
> desktop.  BSDs are used more on servers and well regarded at that:  "The 
> power to serve" is not mere slogan... ;)

  Given that window managers such as KDE and Gnome compile and run just
fine on BSDs, as well as basically unix/linux software. why aren't BSDs
suited for desktops? It's not like you would see much of a difference...

  (Ok, I can think of one thing which might not work in BSDs very well:
The properietary ATI and NVidia display drivers, which are made as Linux
kernel modules. OTOH, I think that the third-party open source drivers
should work in BSD equally well as in Linux.)

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Warp wrote:
> It's not like you would see much of a difference...

Just guessing, but... Scheduling? Sound drivers? Wireless? Power control?

My boss used FreeBSD on his tablet PC, so it's certainly not difficult.

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   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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Invisible wrote:
> So apparently Linux is slowly becoming popular. But what about that 
> *other* open-source OS? Specifically, the various BSD variants? 
> (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSD on LSD...) Anybody know 
> anything about them? Are they any different to Linux? Is anybody likely 
> to care?

OpenBSD's goal:

"OpenBSD believes in strong security. Our aspiration is to be NUMBER ONE 
in the industry for security (if we are not already there). Our open 
software development model permits us to take a more uncompromising view 
towards increased security than Sun, SGI, IBM, HP, or other vendors are 
able to. We can make changes the vendors would not make. Also, since 
OpenBSD is exported with cryptography, we are able to take cryptographic 
approaches towards fixing security problems."

http://openbsd.org/security.html

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Tor Olav
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Tor Olav Kristensen <tor### [at] TOBEREMOVEDgmailcom> wrote:
> Tor Olav
> http://subsube.com

Might want to fix the signature.  If it makes you feel better, some random guy
(me) took one glance at it and said, "Hey, that should be subCUBE.com!"

 - Ricky

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