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FreeBSD 11.1 Released (freebsd.org)
Billly Gates writes: Linux is not the only free open-source operating system. FreeBSD, which is based off of the historical BSD Unix in which TCP/IP was developed on from the University of California at Berkeley, has been updated. It does not include systemd nor PulseAudio and is popular in many web server installations and networking devices. FreeBSD 11.1 is out with improvements in UEFI and Amazon cloud support in addition to updated userland programs. EFI improvements including a new utility efivar(8) to manage UEFI variables, EFI boot from TFTP or NFS, as well as Microsoft Hyper-V UEFI and Secure Boot for generation 2 virtual machines for both Windows Server and Windows 10 Professional hosts. FreeBSD 11.1 also has extended support Amazon Cloud features. A new networking stack for Amazon has been added with the ena(4) driver, which adds support for Amazon EC2 platform. This also adds support for using Amazon EC2 NFS shares and support for the Amazon Elastic Filesystem for NFS. For application updates, FreeBSD 11.1 Clang, LLVM, LLD, LLDB, and libc++ to version 4.0.0. ZFS has been updated too with a new zfsbootcfg with minor performance improvements. Downloads are here which include Sparc, PowerPC, and even custom SD card images for Raspberry Pi, Beagle-bone and other devices.
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Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Linux is not the only free open-source operating system." LOL, yes we know. If anyone here knows about Linux, they SHOULD already know about Unix. FreeBSD came out in 1993 and was essentially a fork from 386BSD, another Unix OS. Linux was a kernel built to replicate Unix in 1991, but Unix has been around since the 60's in one form or another.
Okay, first thing. Linux has gotten a lot simpler through the years. BSD on the other hand has as well just not to the exact same degree. When you get your system up and running you're more than likely going to have to compile a few things and get some config files in place. Additionally, BSD is more aimed at servers. You can still run it on desktop if that's what you wish, but you're going to find more exotic drivers lacking from BSD. If you want to have that BSD feel with Linux kernel, I suggest Slackware. Again, I'll point out, that a lot of the distros and kernels that Slashdot tends to like are mostly command line interfaces with dozens of config files you'll need to tweak out of box.
So if you want a *just works* system and don't care about OS, go to Windows. If you want a *just works* and do care, use Ubuntu, suse, Fedora, or any of the other user friendly distros. If you want to tinker on your system, go full power user, or basically you're ready to get down and dirty with an OS. Go Gentoo Linux, Slackware, or any of the BSDs out there.
Don't get me wrong, BSD is a fine OS, but if you don't have the time to devote to the OS or you don't want to devote the time, stick to something more friendly to the user side.
Let's also mention your invocation of "all Christians are created equal".
Publicly they move as a group (sort of, sometimes), privately they bicker lick hell. But they sure love to sell "we are all one" when it allows them to assert their particular brand of moral spray paint.
Catholics and birth control are high on the list of All World hypocrisy gradients.
Let's consider another case. On the plus side, they got Neil Gorsuch. On the down side, they just sold their collective souls to a devil who is a real life cartoon figure possessing real life nuclear weapons, but bereft of any emotional, spiritual, or moral hesitation whatsoever to turn the other ass cheek at the least provocation.
(What would Jesus do? He would run. Run, run, run far away. Nice guy, backbone not included. Think about it. If he is still in the business of carrying people along the sandy beach of life, he lately seems to be pointed in the wrong direction. Hey, Jesus, if you're listening, get yourself a moral compass and turn this damn ship around.)
Meanwhile, the Victorian era just called. They want their table drapes back.
Going ape shit over the FreeBSD logo—to give you troll post any credence at all— is a form of triviality porn, a favoured "gotta do it my way" micro-penis performance art of legacy privilege.
Relative importance of the FreeBSD logo semiotics compared the daily news cycle: about 10^-12.
Finally, I guess I bit the wormy apple after all.
You won. Lucky you.
Are you for real? Its just a logo and a fun mascot. You don't have to buy the shirt.
So do you think Christians are also offended by the bitten apple logo, cos of, you know, that whole incident in the garden with the serpent? Or the Windows logo with that blasphemous rendition of a cross in the middle of it? Sheesh, how is a good Christian supposed to choose a clean wholesome O/S these days?
If I had a DeLorean... I would probably only drive it from time to time.
Christians are not all created equal, the Parable of the Sower explains that.
They're just not allowed to attempt to weigh themselves in this life.
Also, they have to be able to figure out who was created to be the least deserving, because if they don't treat that person well they can't go to Heaven. That's really the funny part about Christian "Conservatives" and all the groups they hate. If those people are so horrible, you better start loving them because Jesus is measure your love for Him by your love for the people you know are least deserving.
1. Pitching an operating system for critical systems and data that uses a childish looking and potentially nefarious mascot in the corporate world != having a mascot at an entertainment-sporting event.
2. If you want people to contribute and have widespread adoption for the OS in the future you do not insult your user base or drive off potential users by using a mascot that looks like your OS is intended for nefarious purposes, kid hackers or is demonic.
Any data breach or failure of a server or system within a company, you can just imagine the looks of management when they discover you chose to use an operating system with a demon mascot on it.