[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/20/2024 6:27 PM, 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.

That is because you compare oranges to apples.

You are comparing BSD's that are different OS'es (they do share
a lot of code but that is pick and choose) with
Linux distros that all run the same kernel but are available
in many different bundles. A Linux distro is not a separate
OS, but a bundle of Linux kernel + choice of C RTL + choice
of bunch of other stuff. You could probably create a Linux
distro where the only thing you added was the logo displayed.

Arne