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Originally Posted by sacerdos_daemonis
Did you look at the dates of the posts in this thread? The last posts before yours were almost eight years ago. Responding to posters who have not been here in a few years is unlikely to generate rebutals.
But before I go:
There is a difference between distributions of Linux and flavours of the BSD Distribution. (BSD is the distribution.)
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Usually on most forums the off-topic section allows necropost. I'm not sure about here.
http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=10
I saw nothing on rules about necropost, so maybe doesn't care, or there is info in other link
I guess will be fine with both names, since really it will mean Net Berkeley Software Distribution, Free Berkeley Software Distribution, Open Berkeley Software Distribution.
I can't understand why is incorrect say Distribution since theorically I can say:
I'm using the Net Berkeley Software Distribution.
And for some unix-like users is wrong if I say:
I'm using the NetBSD distribution {or NetBSDistribution}
I guess both are saying exactly the same
The word Distribution in software means some packages arranged to make them work together/
Then, the word can apply for Linux and unix-like and maybe all OS or set of packages.
Wikipedia says:
A distribution, or distro, is a collection of software components built, assembled and configured so that it can be used essentially "as is" for its intended purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_distribution