Grant wrote:
Gentoo's foundation is great. I can't think of any major changes that should to happen to it. But Gentoo is at this point *only* a foundation. It needs more (removable) layers. FreeBSD created extra layers on its own foundation and called the result PC-BSD which is aimed at the make-it-easy crowd. PC-BSD is gaining momentum quickly and that will benefit FreeBSD greatly. I repeat, that will benefit FreeBSD greatly. That's exactly the kind of thing Gentoo should be doing. Removable layers for ease of use, removable layers for server deployment, removable layers for anything and everything. That's moving forward.
In regards to BSD, it died the day Linux 2.4 was released. I deal with it on a daily basis as an admin and take great joy at plotting its total replacement with Linux, any Linux.
It's good to see BSD getting off it's insular and inbred ass and doing something like PC-BSD. I'm sure it'll be successful in keeping the faithful from having to run Linux on their desktops, but I don't see it pulling many newer users in when you can run Ubuntu, Gentoo, or half a dozen other systems. However I'm extra grumpy today and the retarded legacy BSD4 servers are responsible. Maybe PC-BSD is more interesting than doing things Linux distros have been doing since they began. Is it?
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