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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> wrote:
> There's also the whole train of thought that says FreeBSD isn't really
> aimed at the desktop/laptop/notebook use model and any benefit in that arena
> is entirely coincidental.

That tends to be my perspective.  Linux tends to be more useful on
laptops and desktops, where up-to-the-minute hardware support is
needed.  For servers, where stability is important, I tend to prefer
BSD, all other things being equal.

Besides the mindshare issue that's been mentioned, part of the problem
here is the balkanized nature of open source licenses, too.  Linux
driver code is useless to FreeBSD developers because the GPL isn't
compatible with the BSD license.