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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
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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