Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:09:27 +0800 From: Wesley Peng <wesley.p@pobox.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD not use the Linux kernel? Message-ID: <CAEsfSa2KHquDa9d0SXveoR_Eg=bcy4Jw=ohag4nOmwUFQfBQdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a48ab1ab198c330400be3e942f921f2cd3c3e11.camel@tom.com> References: <3a48ab1ab198c330400be3e942f921f2cd3c3e11.camel@tom.com>
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That sounds strange, GNU tools + kernel = Un*x If kernel was replaced to Linux, the new product is another form of Linux, nothing related to BSD. Regards On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 11:33 AM kindu smith <malaizhichun@tom.com> wrote: > Why does FreeBSD not use the Linux kernel? The structure of FreeBSD is > very good, such as the startup and directory structure, and the user > island program. The only shortcoming is poor hardware support. This is > mainly due to the lack of drivers provided by the kernel. The Linux > kernel is assisted by developers around the world. Changing to the > Linux kernel can make up for this shortcoming. For the system > architecture, package management pkg, and user island programs can > still use the original FreeBSD. > > Among the unix-like systems, the most popular except macos is ubuntu. > This does not mean that ubuntu is good enough. It is still very poor > compared to archlinux and other distros. But it is still the most > popular because it takes a road from users, servers, to the cloud. That > is to first increase the user's utilization rate, then increase the > popularity, and then seek the popularity of the server and cloud > fields. > > I think the reason why FreeBSD has reduced the number of users is > because it does not take care of the experience of ordinary users, and > it takes the opposite path from a server, cloud to users. Positioning > such an excellent operating system as just server usage has greatly > reduced its popularity. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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