[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Bob Eager]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 22:27:41 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 20 Apr 2024 22:21:08 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:01:17 +0100, chrisq wrote:
>> 
>>> Which is why I dumped Linux for FreeBSD a few years ago now, systemd
>>> really was the last straw.
>> 
>> I started with BSD in about 1978, and FreeBSD in about 1991. Never
>> touched Linux!
> 
> There are maybe half a dozen BSD variants still undergoing some kind of
> development, versus about 50× that number of Linux distros. Yet it is
> easier to move between Linux distros than it is to move between BSD
> variants.
> 
> Linux is able to offer a great deal of variety with minimal
> fragmentation,
> while the BSDs have more fragmentation and less variety.

But there is not need to move between BSD distros in the first place. And 
they share a great deal anyway.