Comment Re:The puzzle is that FreeBSD isn't already way ah (Score 1) 370
I'll go along with that.
Kernel configuration/build/install on FreeBSD is so non-intimidating compared to the Linux process.
The kernel has grown quite a bit since the 4.x days; and I miss the old thorough LINT. It's still not an eternal drudge like answering a bzillion text-based questions or running a gui-based menu config process.
I think FreeBSD's popularity suffers from very subtle causes.
1) FreeBSD users are not evangelistic. They are happy but don't feel the need to proselytize.
2) Linux kind of got a jump-start as an alternative OS way back when BSD was in court with AT&T.
3) FreeBSD's name isn't all that catchy. It sounds like cussing. Linux has a cool-sounding name. That may sound trite; but how many of us have ever been in a conversation about operating systems. One guy says he likes Linux. Everybody nods. Somebody says, "How do you like it? My brother runs Linux and he really likes it." You say you run xxxBSD and you get glassy-eyed stares. Maybe a cricket chirps nearby. Somebody says, "What's that?"
Kernel configuration/build/install on FreeBSD is so non-intimidating compared to the Linux process.
The kernel has grown quite a bit since the 4.x days; and I miss the old thorough LINT. It's still not an eternal drudge like answering a bzillion text-based questions or running a gui-based menu config process.
I think FreeBSD's popularity suffers from very subtle causes.
1) FreeBSD users are not evangelistic. They are happy but don't feel the need to proselytize.
2) Linux kind of got a jump-start as an alternative OS way back when BSD was in court with AT&T.
3) FreeBSD's name isn't all that catchy. It sounds like cussing. Linux has a cool-sounding name. That may sound trite; but how many of us have ever been in a conversation about operating systems. One guy says he likes Linux. Everybody nods. Somebody says, "How do you like it? My brother runs Linux and he really likes it." You say you run xxxBSD and you get glassy-eyed stares. Maybe a cricket chirps nearby. Somebody says, "What's that?"
