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==FreeBSD is Coherent==
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==FreeBSD is coherent==
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FreeBSD is a complete, coherent operating system and this is one of its biggest strengths among open source OSes.  GNU/Linux is fragmented as its name and Linux itself is but a [[kernel]], not an operating system. The sundry GNU/Linux distributions are gatherings of a particular build of the Linux kernel along with GNU and other utilities which have been bundled together. In [[User:Jimbo|Jimbo]]'s personal opinion the outcome of this is often rather arbitrary and scattered.
  
One of FreeBSD's biggest strengths in the Open Source operating system arena is that it is a complete, coherent operating system.  GNU/Linux is as fragmented as the name; Linux itself is only a [[kernel]], not an operating system.  The various distributions are collections of a particular build of kernel along with the GNU utilities and some others conglomerated together, and in [[User:Jimbo|Jimbo]]'s personal opinion, the end result often seems pretty arbitrary and incoherent.
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FreeBSD is not only a kernel, it's a whole operating system maintained by a group of folks called the [[core committers]]. The kernel and the core applications are all developed in tandem, keeping a coherent vision of how the overall package (those thousands of packages in the ports system) all work together. This is never possible with GNU/Linux its far flung development base isn't organized the same way.
 
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FreeBSD is not just a kernel, it's an entire operating system maintained by a group of people called the [[core committers]]. This means that both the kernel and the core applications are developed in tandem, and a vision is maintained of "the overall package" and how it works together that is simply not possible with GNU/Linux distributions.
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 27 January 2009

[edit] FreeBSD is coherent

FreeBSD is a complete, coherent operating system and this is one of its biggest strengths among open source OSes. GNU/Linux is fragmented as its name and Linux itself is but a kernel, not an operating system. The sundry GNU/Linux distributions are gatherings of a particular build of the Linux kernel along with GNU and other utilities which have been bundled together. In Jimbo's personal opinion the outcome of this is often rather arbitrary and scattered.

FreeBSD is not only a kernel, it's a whole operating system maintained by a group of folks called the core committers. The kernel and the core applications are all developed in tandem, keeping a coherent vision of how the overall package (those thousands of packages in the ports system) all work together. This is never possible with GNU/Linux its far flung development base isn't organized the same way.

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