Hi Karen, On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:16:30 -0500 (EST) Karen Lewellen <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I promise I am not being provocative. I am simply interested. > What does Linux do that freebsd does not? > I realize the question may be too simple. So let me ask that a bit > differently. What does command line Linux do that freebsd does not? Off the top of my head: 1. The Linux kernel supports much more types of hardware devices than FreeBSD does. 2. The Linux kernel runs on more CPU architectures. 3. X-Windows requires tweaking some parameters in the FreeBSD startup file to start (even after it is installed). 4. A personal experience: I once had to reboot a FreeBSD VirtualBox virtual machine (I think due to a stuck X due to #3), and after I rebooted it, I noticed that many of the files under /etc were gone, making the system unusuable. I don't remember the last time when a problem like that happened in a Linux system, whether a VM or a live system. 5. Some programs may only work on Linux because they are not portable enough to FreeBSD. (That's often a fault of these programs.) 6. The Linux kernel may have some features that the FreeBSD kernel lacks. =============== Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Original Riddles - http://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/ I can imagine the headline: “Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played Buffy the vampire slayer, murdered in cold blood by child daughter.” — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Summerschool-at-the-NSA/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list