why is linux more popular than bsd?

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why is linux more popular than bsd?

21 December 2024, 13:26:28

Hi,
Why is linux far more popular than freebsd,netbsd?

Re: why is linux more popular than bsd?

Reply #1 – 21 December 2024, 22:58:26

drivers, hw support

Re: why is linux more popular than bsd?

Reply #2 – 22 December 2024, 01:52:34

Blue Screen of Death, links to satanism (demon logo)?

Re: why is linux more popular than bsd?

Reply #3 – 22 December 2024, 03:12:12

Partly the License. The BSD License allows you to take the code, modify it, then publish the binaries without providing the source code. Lots of developers didn't / don't like that concept.

Re: why is linux more popular than bsd?

Reply #4 – 22 December 2024, 14:43:02

IMHO because it found itself in the right place at the right time. Same kind of questions could be raised about why PHP became more popular than Perl or why Wordpress is the most popular CMS in the world, even tho it's crap. It's mostly a matter of circumstances, timing and RNG.