[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:48:15 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 4/20/2024 6:27 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> 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.
> 
> 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.

Why is it the Linux distros are able to maintain a common kernel, but the 
BSDs are not? Aren’t the BSD kernels flexible enough for such different 
uses? Which aren’t even that different, compared to how distinct the 
various Linux distros can be?