[ale] BSD.v.Linux essay

[Jay Loden]

I read this article a while back and it actually convinced me to give FreeBSD 
another try. The author is a pretty fair to both sides (though clearly 
somewhat biased to his choice, BSD). Mostly he just points out that BSD is 
all about a controlled development process and structure, whereas Linux grabs 
anything useful from wherever it can find it. It's not that one is better 
than the other necessarily, just different.

Both have their merits, but certain people's personalities may fit better with 
one of the other. In a lot of respects, despite being more familiar with 
Linux, I'm finding a lot of things on my test FreeBSD install that I like. It 
took some getting used to before I realized they're not the same thing just 
because they both have *nix roots, but once I got over that hurdle things 
were easier. 

The best thing about FreeBSD so far has been documentation. Everything from 
man pages to the FreeBSD handbook has been clear, up to date, and useful. I 
appreciate that a lot, especially the handbook.

On Monday 21 November 2005 7:31 pm, Cy Kurtz wrote:
> Here's an essay we might enjoy batting about for a while:
>
> http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php
>