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<p>As the BSD projects (DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size,
<p>As the BSD projects (including DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size,
a number of persistent myths have grown up around them. Some of these are
perpetuated by well meaning but misguided individuals, others by people
pursuing their own agendas.</p>
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as possible.</p>
<blockquote><b>Note:</b> Throughout this page, ``*BSD'' refers to all
four of the BSD Projects. Where a myth or response is specific to a
of the BSD Projects. Where a myth or response is specific to a
particular project it is indicated as such.</blockquote>
<blockquote>If you are aware of an omission or error on this page, please
let the <a href="mailto:doc@freebsd.org">FreeBSD
documentation project mailing list</a> know.</blockquote>
<h2>Myths</h2>
<h2>Index</h2>
<ul>
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<li><a href="#beaten">(some other system) is better than *BSD</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Myths</h2>
<h3><a name="closed-model">*BSD</a> has a closed development
<h3>Myth: <a name="closed-model">*BSD</a> has a closed development
model, it's more ``Cathedral'' than ``Bazaar''</h3>
<p>Eric Raymond wrote an influential paper, ``<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="own-distro">You</a> cannot make your own distributions
<h3>Myth: <a name="own-distro">You</a> cannot make your own distributions
or derivative works of *BSD</h3>
<p>You can. You just need to say in the documentation and source
files where the code is derived from. A bunch of derivative
projects exists:</p>
files where the code is derived from. Multiple derivative
projects exist:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD">Debian
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="server">*BSD</a> makes a great server, but a poor
<h3>Myth: <a name="server">*BSD</a> makes a great server, but a poor
(&unix;) desktop</h3>
<p>*BSD makes a great server. It also makes a great desktop. Many of
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="old-codebase">The</a> BSD codebase is old, outdated, and
<h3>Myth: <a name="old-codebase">The</a> BSD codebase is old, outdated, and
dying</h3>
<p>While the BSD codebase may be more than 20 years old, it is neither
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="bsd-war">The</a> *BSD projects are at war with one another,
<h3>Myth: <a name="bsd-war">The</a> *BSD projects are at war with one another,
splinter groups form each week</h3>
<p>No. While occasional advocacy may get a touch heated, the *BSD flavors
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="clustering">You</a> can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel
<h3>Myth: <a name="clustering">You</a> can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel
computing)</h3>
<p>The following URLs should disprove this;</p>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="support">There's no commercial support for *BSD</a></h3>
<h3>Myth: <a name="support">There's no commercial support for *BSD</a></h3>
<p><b>FreeBSD:</b> The <a href="../commercial/consult_bycat.html">FreeBSD
Commercial Vendors Page</a> lists companies that offer commercial
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Mall</a> also offer commercial support, along with shirts,
hats, books, software, and promotional items.</p>
<p>For training, one might try <a href="http://www.bsdmall.com/">BSDMall.com</a>, but they sell
other items too, like shirts, hats, books and software! Definitely worth a look.</p>
<p><b>OpenBSD:</b> The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/support.html">OpenBSD Commercial
Consulting Page</a> lists companies that offer commercial support for
OpenBSD.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="applications">There</a> are no applications for *BSD</h3>
<h3>Myth: <a name="applications">There</a> are no applications for *BSD</h3>
<p>The free software community started running on predominantly BSD
systems (SunOS and similar). *BSD users can generally compile software
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<p>In addition, each *BSD project uses a ``ports'' system to make the
building of ported software much easier.</p>
<p><b>FreeBSD:</b> There are currently more than 24,000
<p><b>FreeBSD:</b> There are currently more than 26,000
applications ready to download and install in the FreeBSD ports
collection. On i386 and AMD64, the Linux emulation layer will
also run the vast majority of Linux applications. On the AMD64 and Itanium
also run the vast majority of Linux applications. On the AMD64
architectures there is a compatibility layer to run 32-bit FreeBSD binaries.</p>
<p><b>NetBSD:</b> The Linux emulation layer will run the vast majority of
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with few, if any, problems.</p>
<p>As a historical note, the first version of Netscape Navigator that ran
on FreeBSD with Java support was the Linux version. Now you can
on FreeBSD with Java support was the Linux version. These day you can
also use a native FreeBSD version of Mozilla with a native Java
plugin, all compiled conveniently from the ports!</p>
plugin, all compiled conveniently from ports.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="beats">*BSD</a> is better than (insert other system)</h3>
<h3>Myth: <a name="beats">*BSD</a> is better than (insert other system)</h3>
<p>This is user opinion only.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3><a name="beaten">(insert some</a> other system) is better than *BSD</h3>
<h3>Myth: <a name="beaten">(insert some other system)</a> is better than *BSD</h3>
<p>This is user opinion only.</p>