- “With the arrival of a certain ‘init system,’ more Linux users have at least dabbled with *BSD derived OS of late. There is a renewed interest as it’s perceived as an ‘escape route.’”
- “Some Linux users see *BSD as their ‘last resort’ to escaping systemd if it becomes unavoidable in their Linux distribution.”
- “*BSD is not Linux, not GNU, not a GNU/Linux distribution, nor is it based on Linux… the term ‘BSD’ is just an umbrella term and is often about as meaningful as ‘*nix.’”
- “The *BSDs are much older than Linux... Linux came about as a necessity – because the GNU/Hurd kernel was simply not ready.”
- “Those who just want a ‘works out of the box’ system should move on. Those wanting to complain that *BSD isn’t ready yet or is ‘too difficult’… should just move on.”
- “If you want the wifi driver for the ‘Made UP Name Athercomtel WXS20005ZXL’ to work, you will need to do something: i.e., send working hardware to the developer or do some research…”
- “Look no further: % man man, % man, refer to the operating system’s online handbook.”
- “Software apart from the base system is referred to as ‘port’... A pre-built port is called a package and is obtained either by a ‘Linux-like’ package manager… or by the ‘legacy’ package tools.”
- “No *BSD uses sysvinit... An ‘escapee’ from systemd will still find themselves in unfamiliar territory.”
- “There is another common sentiment... ‘I’m hesitant because RMS has said bad things about the BSD style licenses.’”
- “The BSD license is extremely simple and unrestricted, in that sense it’s the very essence of ‘free.’ The GNU GPL ‘copyleft’ licenses tend to be ‘militantly free.’”
- “If ‘Fortune 500 Company Inc’ takes NetBSD and wraps it up as a proprietary offering... that doesn’t affect the project or a user of NetBSD, it doesn’t make NetBSD ‘less free.’”
- “We can, if we have skills or the funds, contribute something in order to get what we want… No one will do it for you.”
- “The real danger that ideological or political lines of reasoning can easily blind one to technical facts and leave one susceptible to fearmongering.”
- “The *BSD’s have their own filesystem. Usually a variant of the UNIX FFS/UFS. FreeBSD in particular has support for ZFS – which is superior to Btrfs in most respects.”
- “Don’t expect ‘out of the box’ dual boot with other OS. Install the *BSD on its own hard disk or better yet its own computer.”
- “It’s stunning how little Linux fans know about the software, the licenses, the origins and the people and companies involved in its development.”
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