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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. Re:The great divide: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, well said. No wonder people see the BSD community as elitist pricks.

    I use Linux, not because I hate Windows (couldn't really care less about it), but for these reasons:

    1. Linux supports USB joypads. No BSD flavour does, it seems. May seem trivial, but I like to run console emulators.

    2. VMware. Kludgy support under FreeBSD at best.

    3. Can't seem to get multiple sound devices (/dev/dsp, /dev/dsp1 etc.) for my sound card, as I can in Linux.

    4. Easy updates. When there's a security issue on my RH box, I can just rpm -U the new package. Similar with Debian. With FreeBSD, I need all the source and compilers available, then do CVSup, rebuild etc. BSD really needs binary updates.

    That's just a few things which are easier under Linux, and that's why I use it -- not because I "hate Windows" or any such crap. Hey, I really like FreeBSD -- I love the solid and fast kernel, the well-structured userland and central organisation, but there are problems.

    Grow up and accept things.

  2. Knoppix-like distro for *BSD? by TheReckoning · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are there any bootable-CD distributions of *BSD, like the Knoppix distro for Linux? It would be really cool to bring a couple of CDs with you in case you ran into some open-minded person willing to look at a free OS, and not have to worry about partitioning or overwriting anything.

  3. netbsd ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Whoa ... back to the wonders of the open source world where one thing is obviously better than the other, they can't both be ... *gasp* equally great *gasp* ...

    Needless to say if anyone ever asks you a question of what runs NetBSD ... you can safely say more things than any other operating system. NetBSD runs on everything from a supercomputer to a dreamcast and everything in between. The most impressive things I've seen from NetBSD is the ability to get the OS running on anything that can process information and NFS ... second to none.

    There are ninches for everything ... portability ... netbsd wins hands down.

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    Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
  4. Re:The great divide: by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's face it, Linux IS easier

    Two words: package system

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    Just junk food for thought...