Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:33:25 +0800 From: kindu smith <malaizhichun@tom.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why does FreeBSD not use the Linux kernel? Message-ID: <3a48ab1ab198c330400be3e942f921f2cd3c3e11.camel@tom.com>
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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.
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