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| author | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-12-17 03:24:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-12-17 03:24:56 +0000 |
| commit | 351808427a1f41f01302b46af68e3334f72632e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 391e4b313429d65cd5f86410cbbce7567d7cb5e0 /en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy | |
| parent | ba70ea68f883f0bc59da66291984e6fa84416543 (diff) | |
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Minor updates to the Myths page on website.
PR: 213521
Submitted by: linimon
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml index 45701d97fa..030917ca81 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ <body class="navinclude.about"> - <p>As the BSD projects (DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size, + <p>As the BSD projects (including DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size, a number of persistent myths have grown up around them. Some of these are perpetuated by well meaning but misguided individuals, others by people pursuing their own agendas.</p> @@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ as possible.</p> <blockquote><b>Note:</b> Throughout this page, ``*BSD'' refers to all - four of the BSD Projects. Where a myth or response is specific to a + of the BSD Projects. Where a myth or response is specific to a particular project it is indicated as such.</blockquote> <blockquote>If you are aware of an omission or error on this page, please let the <a href="mailto:doc@freebsd.org">FreeBSD documentation project mailing list</a> know.</blockquote> + <h2>Myths</h2> + <h2>Index</h2> <ul> @@ -62,9 +64,7 @@ <li><a href="#beaten">(some other system) is better than *BSD</a></li> </ul> - <h2>Myths</h2> - - <h3><a name="closed-model">*BSD</a> has a closed development + <h3>Myth: <a name="closed-model">*BSD</a> has a closed development model, it's more ``Cathedral'' than ``Bazaar''</h3> <p>Eric Raymond wrote an influential paper, ``<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="own-distro">You</a> cannot make your own distributions + <h3>Myth: <a name="own-distro">You</a> cannot make your own distributions or derivative works of *BSD</h3> <p>You can. You just need to say in the documentation and source - files where the code is derived from. A bunch of derivative - projects exists:</p> + files where the code is derived from. Multiple derivative + projects exist:</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD">Debian @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="server">*BSD</a> makes a great server, but a poor + <h3>Myth: <a name="server">*BSD</a> makes a great server, but a poor (&unix;) desktop</h3> <p>*BSD makes a great server. It also makes a great desktop. Many of @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="old-codebase">The</a> BSD codebase is old, outdated, and + <h3>Myth: <a name="old-codebase">The</a> BSD codebase is old, outdated, and dying</h3> <p>While the BSD codebase may be more than 20 years old, it is neither @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="bsd-war">The</a> *BSD projects are at war with one another, + <h3>Myth: <a name="bsd-war">The</a> *BSD projects are at war with one another, splinter groups form each week</h3> <p>No. While occasional advocacy may get a touch heated, the *BSD flavors @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="clustering">You</a> can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel + <h3>Myth: <a name="clustering">You</a> can't cluster *BSD systems (parallel computing)</h3> <p>The following URLs should disprove this;</p> @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="support">There's no commercial support for *BSD</a></h3> + <h3>Myth: <a name="support">There's no commercial support for *BSD</a></h3> <p><b>FreeBSD:</b> The <a href="../commercial/consult_bycat.html">FreeBSD Commercial Vendors Page</a> lists companies that offer commercial @@ -314,16 +314,13 @@ Mall</a> also offer commercial support, along with shirts, hats, books, software, and promotional items.</p> - <p>For training, one might try <a href="http://www.bsdmall.com/">BSDMall.com</a>, but they sell - other items too, like shirts, hats, books and software! Definitely worth a look.</p> - <p><b>OpenBSD:</b> The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/support.html">OpenBSD Commercial Consulting Page</a> lists companies that offer commercial support for OpenBSD.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="applications">There</a> are no applications for *BSD</h3> + <h3>Myth: <a name="applications">There</a> are no applications for *BSD</h3> <p>The free software community started running on predominantly BSD systems (SunOS and similar). *BSD users can generally compile software @@ -332,10 +329,10 @@ <p>In addition, each *BSD project uses a ``ports'' system to make the building of ported software much easier.</p> - <p><b>FreeBSD:</b> There are currently more than 24,000 + <p><b>FreeBSD:</b> There are currently more than 26,000 applications ready to download and install in the FreeBSD ports collection. On i386 and AMD64, the Linux emulation layer will - also run the vast majority of Linux applications. On the AMD64 and Itanium + also run the vast majority of Linux applications. On the AMD64 architectures there is a compatibility layer to run 32-bit FreeBSD binaries.</p> <p><b>NetBSD:</b> The Linux emulation layer will run the vast majority of @@ -359,19 +356,19 @@ with few, if any, problems.</p> <p>As a historical note, the first version of Netscape Navigator that ran - on FreeBSD with Java support was the Linux version. Now you can + on FreeBSD with Java support was the Linux version. These day you can also use a native FreeBSD version of Mozilla with a native Java - plugin, all compiled conveniently from the ports!</p> + plugin, all compiled conveniently from ports.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="beats">*BSD</a> is better than (insert other system)</h3> + <h3>Myth: <a name="beats">*BSD</a> is better than (insert other system)</h3> <p>This is user opinion only.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> - <h3><a name="beaten">(insert some</a> other system) is better than *BSD</h3> + <h3>Myth: <a name="beaten">(insert some other system)</a> is better than *BSD</h3> <p>This is user opinion only.</p> |