Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:49:28 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: FBSD UG <freebsd@rgbaz.eu> Cc: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081214164650.I49671@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <71959979-E03D-454E-A637-29E46BC2D2E4@rgbaz.eu> References: <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211215036.526b2cad@gom.home> <20081212181148.GD36348@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212110745.7657ff59@gom.home> <20081212211111.GD37185@kokopelli.hydra> <4942D5C0.9060307@gmail.com> <20081212223549.F5340@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213093425.GG39031@kokopelli.hydra> <71959979-E03D-454E-A637-29E46BC2D2E4@rgbaz.eu>
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>>> Off topic=not about FreeBSD OS. >> >> I'm amazed that you seem to think that making FreeBSD do what one wants >> it to do isn't a FreeBSD topic. > > exactly... > when is something part of FBSD and when not? what is "base system" > all the ports aren't? port system (script and Makefiles) are part of FreeBSD, but there is group dedicated to it: freebsd-ports port system allows to compile and install various unix tools on FreeBSD. but this tools are completely third party thing. > so dhcpd is not part of FBSD either? yes. it's name even states it clearly: isc-dhcpd :) > > where does that philosophy ends then? > is sendmail part of FBSD...? yes - it's included in FreeBSD base system. > maybe the whole userland isn't and FreeBSD is just a kernel? no. it's not linux. what you can build through "make buildworld" is FreeBSD.
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