Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors
Wojciech Puchar
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Sun Dec 14 07:49:41 PST 2008
>>> Off topic=not about FreeBSD OS.
>>
>> I'm amazed that you seem to think that making FreeBSD do what one wants
>> it to do isn't a FreeBSD topic.
>
> exactly...
> when is something part of FBSD and when not?
what is "base system"
> all the ports aren't?
port system (script and Makefiles) are part of FreeBSD, but there is group
dedicated to it: freebsd-ports
port system allows to compile and install various unix tools on FreeBSD.
but this tools are completely third party thing.
> so dhcpd is not part of FBSD either?
yes. it's name even states it clearly: isc-dhcpd :)
>
> where does that philosophy ends then?
> is sendmail part of FBSD...?
yes - it's included in FreeBSD base system.
> maybe the whole userland isn't and FreeBSD is just a kernel?
no. it's not linux.
what you can build through "make buildworld" is FreeBSD.
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