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A comment on FreeBSD 10.4-Release. Parent comment

Re:FreeBSD 10.4-Release by CyberDildonics on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:30PM (#15393636)
Do you realize that you can compile open source programs for FreeBSD and FreeBSD can run linux binaries?
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Re:FreeBSD 10.4-Release by sigjuice on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:13PM (#15394035)
Yes I know open source programs compile and run on FreeBSD and other Unix-like systems. And also that FreeBSD can run at least some Linux binaries.

I mistakenly assumed that OP was referring to 3rd party applications that were exclusive to FreeBSD.

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Re:FreeBSD 10.4-Release by ianai on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:51PM (#15394431)
It's a FOSS project. Typically, FOSS operating systems differentiate on system features/applications and not on 3rd party applications. Things like package management, file system support, etc.
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Re:FreeBSD 10.4-Release by Koshkin on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @02:14PM (#15394637)
Sure, but that's not what makes a computer useful in the first place.
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