So: hardly anyone knows what BSD is, and nearly all of those who have used a BSD-like have done so in the form of macOS.
A giant saltation from most first world computer users being aware of Linux, to hardly anyone knowing what BSD is.
I recall the original netcraft survey being posted on Slashdot aeons ago; the joke to me always seemed to be a good-hearted chuckle at their own obscurity, much like the late Abe Vigoda spent the last 30 years of his life and career reminding people that he was still alive, even working!
Schade's few paragraphs here come across as equally gentle and humorous-he's not really aggrieved that FreeBSD is treated like a Linux distro; he would like avoid the confusion that might cause to users who end up liking it.
What, exactly, BSD users ever did to you remains a mystery; alas, I haven't the spare lifespan to want to figure that out.
A giant saltation from most first world computer users being aware of Linux, to hardly anyone knowing what BSD is.
I recall the original netcraft survey being posted on Slashdot aeons ago; the joke to me always seemed to be a good-hearted chuckle at their own obscurity, much like the late Abe Vigoda spent the last 30 years of his life and career reminding people that he was still alive, even working!
Schade's few paragraphs here come across as equally gentle and humorous-he's not really aggrieved that FreeBSD is treated like a Linux distro; he would like avoid the confusion that might cause to users who end up liking it.
What, exactly, BSD users ever did to you remains a mystery; alas, I haven't the spare lifespan to want to figure that out.