BSD Unix vs. GNU/Linux?

[kenhkan]

Hello you all *nix gurus,

I am really confused about something lately, after watching this humorous "BSD is dying" video clip on Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7833143728685685343&q=bsd+is+dying&hl=en. And I wonder, why do BSD people disdain the existence of Linux so much? I can get this mentality almost on every Linux or Unix forum. Aren't they close enough? Well, compared to Windows, Solaris, and others. I know Linux is a modification of Minix. In short, they all belong to the "Unix-like" family, no? I admit that I don't know enough about the history of the computing industry. So, can someone explain to me why there are the "true Unix" camp and the "Unix-like" camp? What and why the difference?

By the way, I started using Gentoo (installation = a hell of fun) and reading the books on LinuxFromScratch.org, pretty inspiring!

Thanks!

 

[DJ-CHRIS1]

It's just a really childish thing that everyone does.

I am a BSD fan but I don't make fun of other distro's.

 

[kenhkan]

So how different is the Linux kernel and the BSD (or Unix in general) kernel? I've heard that BSD is way more stable, robust, "advanced" than Linux (famous one: Port in BSD beats Portage in Gentoo) but on the other hand, applications, community, tutorial, support tend to side with Linux (like I couldn't find drivers for my laptop under BSD). I have been having a hard time figuring out which one should I be learning.

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

mac os x in based on BSD