BSDs Re: [wplug] .Net Launch

[Brian Sammon]

> Being a *BSD guy, yes all the install are pretty much the same - at least up
> until 2 months ago which was the last time I installed all three. And I
> think in the future the will become more alike since there is a unified
> package movement so that if a package works on one BSD it should work on all
> BSD without any modifications. I think this would lead to the package
> select/setup of the install to become alike which now is the major
> difference in installation.

The package management methods may be converging, but such things as 
configuration don't show any sign of converging (though the common 
ancestry thing means they're somewhat similar)  For example, OpenBSD just 
switched to a new packet-filtering/firewall system, and I don't think 
FreeBSD or NetBSD use the same thing.

As for installs, all I can say is, superficially, they look rather 
different.  I remember a ncurses-like graphical install interface to 
FreeBSD, and OpenBSD is a much plainer install interface.  (I don't know 
NetBSD)

I think the OpenBSD leaders have said that trying to be "unified" with 
with other Unixes would conflict (for some differences) with their primary 
goal of high-security.