Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Thu Dec 11 14:19:22 PST 2008


> things changing. Because I have to administer and to program
> on FreeBSD, I enjoy (!) the excellent documentation. Everything
> is there, from system binaries, configuration files, maintenance
> procedures, system calls and kernel interfaces. Just look into

i fully agree with you

> the Linux world - you don't find this fine quality there very
> often. It seems to develop into a common habit that documentation

in linux:

man command

this manual is no longer maintained. try info, google or wiki. maybe you 
will find your documentation, maybe not.

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it's one of things that make linux unusable for me.

> The administration of the FreeBSD OS is, due to its good
> documentation, very easy.

and due to clear config files, not linux-like mess.
it's really clear and easy.



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