Comment 2RWJ Re: old adage...

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old adage... (Score: 1)

by scotch@pipedot.org on 2014-08-30 06:54 (#2RWH)

The old adage, "Linux is for those who hate Microsoft; BSD is for those who love Unix" is probably appropriate.
could someone elaborate a bit about this one?
I'm an old linuxer for the last 15 years (and sysadmin by trade) but I never gave a try to any *BSD flavor nor to any other *nix one... so my question is not a troll but a real question!

Re: old adage... (Score: 1)

by seriously@pipedot.org on 2014-08-30 09:36 (#2RWJ)

I know at least the historical reasons that could justify that quote: BSDs are direct descendants of Unix (version 5 & 6 according to this graph), whereas Linux is a Unix-clone started from scratch.

Besides, I remember reading something along the lines about Linus Torvalds writing Linux as a Unix-replacement instead of using the *BSD of the time because there was ongoing lawsuits about *BSD licensing vs. Unix (now settled). Without these, maybe he would never have started Linux in the first place.

Anyway, I believe the quote mostly points to philosophical differences between the mindset of *BSD communities and developers vs. that of the Linux ones, but I don't know much about it.

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