From 351808427a1f41f01302b46af68e3334f72632e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Warren Block As the BSD projects (DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size,
+ 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.
Note: 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.
If you are aware of an omission or error on this page, please let the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list know.+
Eric Raymond wrote an influential paper, ``The
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@
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:
- You cannot make your own distributions
+
Myth: You cannot make your own distributions
or derivative works of *BSD
Debian
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
*BSD makes a great server. It also makes a great desktop. Many of
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
While the BSD codebase may be more than 20 years old, it is neither
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
No. While occasional advocacy may get a touch heated, the *BSD flavors
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
The following URLs should disprove this; FreeBSD: The FreeBSD
Commercial Vendors Page lists companies that offer commercial
@@ -314,16 +314,13 @@
Mall
- *BSD makes a great server, but a poor
+
Myth: *BSD makes a great server, but a poor
(&unix;) desktop
- The BSD codebase is old, outdated, and
+
Myth: The BSD codebase is old, outdated, and
dying
- The *BSD projects are at war with one another,
+
Myth: The *BSD projects are at war with one another,
splinter groups form each week
- You can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel
+
Myth: You can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel
computing)
- There's no commercial support for *BSD
+ Myth: There's no commercial support for *BSD
For training, one might try BSDMall.com, but they sell - other items too, like shirts, hats, books and software! Definitely worth a look.
-OpenBSD: The OpenBSD Commercial Consulting Page lists companies that offer commercial support for OpenBSD.
The free software community started running on predominantly BSD systems (SunOS and similar). *BSD users can generally compile software @@ -332,10 +329,10 @@
In addition, each *BSD project uses a ``ports'' system to make the building of ported software much easier.
-FreeBSD: There are currently more than 24,000 +
FreeBSD: 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.
NetBSD: The Linux emulation layer will run the vast majority of @@ -359,19 +356,19 @@ with few, if any, problems.
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!
+ plugin, all compiled conveniently from ports.This is user opinion only.
This is user opinion only.