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The NetBSD Organization

Posted by Hemos on from the how-to-become-part-of-it-all dept.

A reader writes: "Stumbled across a nice article about how the NetBSD Project is organized and some interesting ways users can help out." Good stuff, for those who want to get involved.

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  1. From the article by __past__ · · Score: 5, Insightful
    For example, if a kernel developer makes a change that affects a utility then they normally just go ahead and make the change to the utility as well.
    This innocent little sentence sums up one of the most important reasons to prefer BSD over GNU/Linux (or make that RedHat/GNU/Linux, SuSE/GNU/Linux...). It is really nice to have a coordinated group responsible for a complete, working system, instead of a distributor that merely duct-tapes together unrelated, each on their own incomplete, parts.
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  2. Why so many negative comments? by core+plexus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I help out on some sites, and they all use Apache and freeBSD, and I've never had a problem. I believe it makes it less expensive for people to host on non-Microsoft servers, and having and open mind is important to keeping open software. If a fraction of the users of Microsoft and other commercial software spent a fraction of their time and effort (instead of downloading pr0n) to projects...well, who knows what could happen. A movement, perhaps?

  3. Re:The great divide: by BadlandZ · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Liunx got it's foothold, just look at a Apache

    Your kidding right? BSD has done more for me (and every IRIX user) as well as ever OsX user, Motorla user, etc.. than anyone else. I love OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD..

    Look at the OpenBSD user base vs. the security contributions they put into Apache vs. the Linux user base vs. what help they gave Apache. Open BSD has done MORE per user that almost ANY OS on ANY project when it comes to security, espically Apache. The web wouldn't have a clue what security was if it were not for the likes of the OpenBSD guys. Don't even try to give me that shit....

    BSD guys may not be the popular UNIX, or the gimme commy open source gods of the "Linus Linux" community. But take a history lesson.... GNU has made leaps and bounds into opening software to the general public. But what Open Source (GPL) has don, BSD has managed to keep the people with the money in the ball game. Where would GPL or GNU be without the BSD's of the world? How can you SERIOUSLY find fault with people who want to help and retain SOME profit? Are you such the communist you thing BSD is evil too now?

  4. Re:Has the installer changed yet by bsd_usr · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You must be a newbie or something. I'm sorry. I'd say more, but what a waste of time. Although, I do hope they don't change the installer, because it's fast, simple, and easy for those of us with a clue.

  5. Re:Has the installer changed yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Umm.... GCC is part of the system, last I knew.

    cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/apache
    make install

    gee.. thats tough.

    Sendmail.. well, ok... that damn sendmail.cf file is the ugliest config file I've ever seen, but its the same on solaris, so I'm not so sure why you'd find it so hard if you are "used to solaris and linux".

    Ahh.. but wait... now I see your ending of "overhauled the installation menues [menu's?]".. other than atrocious spelling and horrible punctuation througout your post, my general consensus for you would be to stick with Windows and GUI configuration. I can tell you that if you have that much problem with BSD, I wouldn't want to let you *near* any serious production systems, Solaris, Linux, BSD, or otherwise.