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Why do NetBSD and OpenBSD have more lines of code than Linux? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago by MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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According to the Open Hub website, Linux has 37,016,567 lines of code, but this is small compared to NetBSD and OpenBSD, which have 72,065,568 and 81,902,070 lines of code, respectively.

Is there a reason why Linux has fewer lines of code compared to NetBSD and OpenBSD? I'd like to know.

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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Given BSD is supposed to be a complete package while Linux has a separate kernel and userland, that's probably part of why.