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Heru:
If you like BSD better than use it.
That's the beauty of open source; binary compatibility is possible. With the BSD's you can run Linux software if Linux binary compatibility is enabled.
Personaly for the desktop(out of BSD or Linux), I prefer Linux. But I have found out that FreeBSD is generally better for servers than Linux.
Linux isn't just slopped together. Most distros are managed by a company, and everything is usually carefully chosen and bugs are generally few. The only slopped together thing in Linux is developers kernels(2.5.x right now), and that's because they are under heavy developement; with a stable kernel it has been approved by Linus and the other kernel mantainers.
While it can be said that BSD developement is more organized, that doesn't always make a better OS.
But overall, it is personal choice.
voidmain:
Well the *real* beauty of open source is that you don't *need* binary compatibility. You've got the source. "make;make install". And I like and use both BSD and Linux. I use Linux mostly though on both server and desktop.
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
Well the *real* beauty of open source is that you don't *need* binary compatibility. You've got the source. "make;make install". And I like and use both BSD and Linux. I use Linux mostly though on both server and desktop.
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unfortunately, may of the more crucial and advanced utilities are closed source, and this is the way it will likely stay. Especially in the fields of design, art, photography and music manipulation. :(
Heru:
quote:Originally posted by Calum:
unfortunately, may of the more crucial and advanced utilities are closed source, and this is the way it will likely stay. Especially in the fields of design, art, photography and music manipulation. :(
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And hence the reason why binary compatibility is so useful.
I don't think it will stay that way forever. I forsee a future in which all software is open source, but that wil take quite a long time.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Calum:
unfortunately, may of the more crucial and advanced utilities are closed source, and this is the way it will likely stay. Especially in the fields of design, art, photography and music manipulation. :(
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Maybe for you. In my line of work, the open source stuff kicks all closed source apps ass. But we are obviously in different lines of work.
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