You might not be the best person to ask, but what are the difficulties in porting FreeBSD to other operating systems?
The alpha port seems to have been struggling somewhat recently with all the different motherboard configurations (alphapc for one) that make the alpha an almost completely different CPU in some critical points.
Theres also the sparc port, which doesnt appear to have made lots of progress at all.
Here comes the questions:
What is it about NetBSD's architecture that makes it more simple to port to other platforms compared with FreeBSD's?
How is the IA64 port progressing? What are the major issues in changing parts of the base of FreeBSD to take advantage of some of the new features. Has intel even supplied you with the appropriate hardware required?
the comment was made that corel stopped their linux stuff after microsoft put a cash infusion in.
I wonder if the fact that microsoft owns part of apple, which makes osx has any impact on things.
Microsoft already has some control over a potential competitor based on BSD.
Without getting into a flame war about the merits of BSD vs Linux, does this mean anything? I wouldn't have a clue. Sure someone else could shed some more light on it...
Of course, FreeBSD already has this and has had it for some time now - since before FreeBSD 3.1 which was released some time ago.
FreeBSD users can have a look at the process for utilising a splash screen by looking here http://www.baldwin.cx/splash/
Why is this post marked as flaimbait?
It makes a completely valid point in that as consumers of software we all depend on binaries particularly for installation.
Is it marked as flaimbait because it has struck a nerve in the moderators? Most people dont care about the source code when they install the latest mozilla, the latest gcc, the latest xfree86 - whatever.
I know that when i do a 'make install' in the ports collection in FreeBSD, it downloads the source and then makes it for me - i suppose optimising the compile for my platform.
For all I care, it could just download the binary and install that, saving me time waiting for the compile to complete.
Mod me down, but its a fact.
Dont forget New Zealand!!
the cable is 50% owned by a New Zealand company (telecom New Zealand), with New Zealand gaining the same benefits as Australia.
Looking at the story submitted by an australian, and the high ranking comments in this story, it appears that this fact has been lost by readers.
Australasia means more than just Australia - New Zealand and Australia.
Readers might want to check out the facts where it even says the cable will be managed in New Zealand.
New Zealand owns you.
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surely this is the best way to roll out new distributions to new users...
i mean - people will probably download a 650mb ISO when all they need is maybe 10mb worth of source code changes
downloading an ISO or entire source trees is excessive and a waste of slackware's money
You might not be the best person to ask, but what are the difficulties in porting FreeBSD to other operating systems?
The alpha port seems to have been struggling somewhat recently with all the different motherboard configurations (alphapc for one) that make the alpha an almost completely different CPU in some critical points.
Theres also the sparc port, which doesnt appear to have made lots of progress at all.
Here comes the questions:
I wonder if the fact that microsoft owns part of apple, which makes osx has any impact on things.
Microsoft already has some control over a potential competitor based on BSD.
Without getting into a flame war about the merits of BSD vs Linux, does this mean anything? I wouldn't have a clue. Sure someone else could shed some more light on it...
Of course, FreeBSD already has this and has had it for some time now - since before FreeBSD 3.1 which was released some time ago.
FreeBSD users can have a look at the process for utilising a splash screen by looking here
http://www.baldwin.cx/splash/
Why is this post marked as flaimbait?
It makes a completely valid point in that as consumers of software we all depend on binaries particularly for installation.
Is it marked as flaimbait because it has struck a nerve in the moderators? Most people dont care about the source code when they install the latest mozilla, the latest gcc, the latest xfree86 - whatever.
I know that when i do a 'make install' in the ports collection in FreeBSD, it downloads the source and then makes it for me - i suppose optimising the compile for my platform.
For all I care, it could just download the binary and install that, saving me time waiting for the compile to complete.
Mod me down, but its a fact.
that was a pointless post
i was simply pointing out the facts
Dont forget New Zealand!! the cable is 50% owned by a New Zealand company (telecom New Zealand), with New Zealand gaining the same benefits as Australia. Looking at the story submitted by an australian, and the high ranking comments in this story, it appears that this fact has been lost by readers. Australasia means more than just Australia - New Zealand and Australia. Readers might want to check out the facts where it even says the cable will be managed in New Zealand. New Zealand owns you.