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NetBSD At Linuxtag

Posted by timothy on from the big-happy-family dept.

Dan writes "The Linuxtag in Karlsruhe is the biggest Linux event in Europe, and of course NetBSD was present there too! The event happened in two buildings, one for the conference, and one big exhibition area. A group of people from BSD and related projects have setup a joint booth to present NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD as well as OpenDarwin, OpenSSH and MirBSD. See Hubert Feyrer's full report for more details."

30 comments

  1. What have we created? by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 1

    "Linux people, many of whom have never heared of NetBSD or BSD in general,
    and who were very interested to actually _see_ it."

    Revolution in the works? (oh, please, YES!)

  2. Linux is dead by hubertf · · Score: 1

    I think I start spamming each Linux-related post now with lengthy rubbish about it being crap and everything. Makes me wonder how immature some people are. *sigh*

    - Hubert

  3. Re:How did a dying OS make it past Linuxtag securi by mirabilos · · Score: 1

    Nice troll. Just to say that, in terms of code
    quality, centralized development models are superior,
    not inferior, to this bazaar-linux-GNUish things.

    It's just a speeded up development, inflated code,
    which is gained by bazaar-like development.

    --
    My Karma isn't excellent, damn it! (And /. still does not get UTF-8 right in 2012. Wow.)
  4. Re:How did a dying OS make it past Linuxtag securi by Arandir · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The "bazaar" is a misunderstood and misapplied metaphor that ESR came up with once when he was drunk. It's not an anarchic free-for-all. Every time there's been an open commit policy for a project it crashed and burned.

    If you want your code in the Linux kernel, it must go through Linus Torvalds. If you want code in any official GNU project, you must sign a copyright assignment statement and follow the strict rules.

    --
    A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned
  5. Did you too ask WTF is MirBSD? by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://templeofhate.com/tglaser/MirBSD/
    Though it doesn't explain a lot. Looks like OpenBSD optimized for gcc 3.3 and -march=pentium, with some package and small kernel changes. Doesn't seem to have a unary guiding principle. Anyone else with more info?

  6. Linuxtag, Linux day. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 1

    I did not know that NetBSD was a Linux distro.

    Should try it soon.

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    IANAL but write like a drunk one.
    1. Re:Linuxtag, Linux day. by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 1

      There's a Debian/GNU/NetBSD port out there. To be honest, my opinion is it seems to be out to stroke some FSF ego; to prove "the GNU stuff is the important half of GNU/Linux, the Linux part is immaterial", though there are some other advantages - the NetBSD kernel is more ported than the Linux one is. Personally the GNU/NetBSD thing changes one of the best parts of the BSDs... that you have one cohesive OS, including userland and kernel. Putting GNU on top of that, well, now you break that cohesion.

  7. BSD at linux.conf.au? by thanjee · · Score: 1

    I would like to know if there will be a BSD presence at linux.conf.au in Adelaide, Australia in January.

    I am attending to hopefully give a talk, non-OS related, and it would be good if there is a larger group of BSDers there to hang out with, perhaps run a BOF or three in the afternoons, or during long breaks.....just to give us a chance to relax a bit more and discuss more important matters - you know all those great bikeshed ideas :p

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    Saying your OS is the best because more people use it is like saying MacDonalds make the best food
    1. Re:BSD at linux.conf.au? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That is a cool idea - we should make ourselves known at every linux event, after all, Linux does run on BSD ;)

  8. Re:Elegy for *BSD by agent+dero · · Score: 1

    you aren't missing much, this troll uses this same poem in different forms on almost all BSD related threads.

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    Error 407 - No creative sig found
  9. Re:How did a dying OS make it past Linuxtag securi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, and ESR is full of shit anyway.

    Note, though, that "anarchic" not really what you meant. Perhaps "chaotic"
    would be closer to the truth. There isn't anything resembling a STATE in free
    software land, 'cause people can always fork a project if the admin sucks.

    Just try forking a country . . . the existing government tends to send in troops
    to kill everyone. That's why we need life to me *more* anarchic. :)

  10. Hey fellows, BSD is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Outside of a few socially backward dweebs, no one, but no one, uses BSD.

    Yes it's dead. The BSD zealots need to wake up and smell the coffee.
    They also need to shower, brush their teeth, lose 100 lbs, and get a life.