[lvillani]

> Not to mention that it's one unified OS rather than hundreds of GNU/Linux distros.

I admittedly haven't used any BSD enough to make a well informed opinion but I was under the impression that BSDs are fragmented at the OS level (i.e.: different kernels), while Linux is fragmented at the distribution level (i.e.: default collection of software, file-system layout, etc).

I imagine that, in addition to there being different kernel flavors there are also distribution level differences (e.g.: there are subtle differences between FreeBSD's rc.conf and NetBSD's) so I'm not sure which approach is better or worse, but I tend to lean on the "one kernel, several distributions" camp.

[lucian303]

There is no OS level fragmentation. Sorry that makes no sense in the BSD world. FreeBSD is an OS. OpenBSD is an OS. etc. That's not fragmentation. They are different OS's. It's like saying there's fragmentation between Windows and OS X.

GNU/Linux is one OS with hundreds of distros. That's fragmentation.