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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!news.sinica!taob From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD's strengths Date: 21 Aug 1995 06:05:53 GMT Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4197o1$gia@gate.sinica.edu.tw> References: <40t97j$4rp@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> <40u0ar$jhf@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.109.40.248 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:17541 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4841 In article <40u0ar$jhf@sundog.tiac.net>, Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote: > >I've a vague notion of their methodology (very vague). I'd expect it to >be a bit easier to figure out what the current state of affairs is with >FreeBSD, but that this state of affairs will tend to change less rapidly. >There seems to be a group moderating kernel changes instead of a person. A FreeBSD core team exists to approve and commit changes to all aspects of the source tree, not just the kernel. If you have a piece of code you want to donate to FreeBSD, or you feel there is a section that can benefit from your particular area of expertise, then by all means jump right in and hack! A lot of Linuxites get the impression that FreeBSD is in a "closed" development environment, and nothing could be further from the truth. It appears to be more tightly organized than the Linux project, but code hacking is most certainly *not* restricted to a small set of elite "members". >I don't have much notion of things like distributions are handled. As I mentioned in another posting, it's a well-defined release schedule that Linux might want to adopt (see the "Why isn't NetBSD popular?" thread). As well, there is a *single*, official distribution source, and that's ftp.freebsd.org (or ftp.cdrom.com if you prefer). Infomagic also sells a NetBSD/FreeBSD CD-ROM, and you can buy the 4.4BSD Lite source too, but by far and away the most popular distrubtion is Walnut Creek's. >(Hmmm.. This seems to be just going to linux. I'm sure there's a FreeBSD >group which it should go to, but I don't remember the name....) Comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, although with the original subject line, it will very likely be ignored. ;-) Anything with the word "vs." in it too often degenerates into a meaningless flamefest. I find *BSD users just want to get the most out of their system, not waste time debating whose OS is superior. -- Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org