has linux anything to fear from the rise of bsd options

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i will be honest from the start i use both in fact i use GNU/LINUX DRAGONFLY.BSD MINIX and HAIKU(BeOS) and the new rc2 of ghostBSD looks realy good with great hardware support out the box and at last a easy wifi manager
extra software and apps ported from debian (no surprise as debian worked on a GNU/BSD in 2001 )

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has linux anything to fear from the rise of bsd options?

If my experiences with the BSD’s is anything to go by, Linux is under absolutely no threat whatsoever.

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I’m with salparadise on this … not yet, or probably for a long time to come.

But it doesn’t matter if they do … The Linux kernel won’t last forever in its current state, nor should it … Mad Penguin once said (something along the lines of) he could see at some stage the Linux kernel being replaced, maybe with something like the Mach kernel … but would anyone notice, or should they care … being new to the Linux world I didn’t really “get” that at the time … I do now :wink:

Linux is not a company that “needs” to survive … if it gets surpassed as the best kernel, that’s not a bad thing for anyone.

The Linux kernel will either morph into something totally unrecognisable from todays standpoint, or eventually get replaced … either way it doesn’t matter … if the FreeBSD kernel improves to the point where it becomes the way forward … GOOD, so be it … there’s no real competition going on here, beyond maybe a little friendly rivalry :slight_smile: … and we all benefit either way.