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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <49mkc8$13e@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49k0dd$pfg@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <49ksgl$2pit@ns4-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> <nelsoni.817779588@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:11:20 GMT Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29614 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9997 comp.unix.advocacy:11875 comp.unix.misc:19916 In article <nelsoni.817779588@rintintin.Colorado.EDU>, Ian S. Nelson <nelsoni@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> wrote: > >I guess a third problem with this is that recompiling the kernel isn't seen by >everybody as an okay thing to do. Commercial unixi are starting to move >towards the more dynamic methods. On an AIX box you can plug things into it >and activate them with out ever rebooting or recompiling the kernel. There is >such a low level of trust in software these days, imagine if your complier >jacked up and linked it wrong or something. > FreeBSD has been working towards a "config-less" or almost "config-less" system. One of the goals is that more normal end-users will not need to recompile. So FreeBSD is working to keep up with that trend and make it a *serious* technological and ease of use contender with other the os'es. John dyson@freebsd.org