> The ports selection in FreeBSD is second to none. Linux has nothing close.
[citation needed].
If you mean Linux-just-the-kernel, sure? But that's not really comparable.
Every Linux distro has a collection of 3rd-party packages; neither FreeBSD's 3rd party package integration (ports) nor breadth of software is particularly exceptional in this space.
And FreeBSD doesn't seem to attract as many volunteers to keep its port collection up to date, or at least that has been my experience.
> Lots of imbedded projects are based on BSD and always will be. The insanity of GPL licensing.
Sure. I work on a BSD-derived embedded system at $DAYJOB. But the GPL doesn't prevent Linux use in lots of spaces.
Fedora tracks licenses on a package by package basis. You can fairly easily determine what the license of a library you use is, and recursively examine dependencies to see if there is something objectionable in there.
FreeBSD ships GPLv3 ports (gcc47, ...). So... it's not just smooth sailing there, either.
[citation needed].
If you mean Linux-just-the-kernel, sure? But that's not really comparable.
Every Linux distro has a collection of 3rd-party packages; neither FreeBSD's 3rd party package integration (ports) nor breadth of software is particularly exceptional in this space.
And FreeBSD doesn't seem to attract as many volunteers to keep its port collection up to date, or at least that has been my experience.
> Lots of imbedded projects are based on BSD and always will be. The insanity of GPL licensing.
Sure. I work on a BSD-derived embedded system at $DAYJOB. But the GPL doesn't prevent Linux use in lots of spaces.