Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:25:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Hansen <stephen@cerebralmaelstrom.com> To: m bram <brambostic@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about freeBSD vs Unix Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008231923020.26895-100000@Jeremy.cerebralmaelstrom.com> In-Reply-To: <20000824005854.19757.qmail@web1301.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Newbie Reply: My understanding of the history-of-things is that 'UNIX' is a term which is generally applied to OS's that are descendants of AT&T(?) UNIX. The Trademark of the name, currently, apparently, is SCO's, though this might be wrong. But since FreeBSD is a descendant of 4.4BSD-Lite(?), it *is* UNIX. Linux, conversely, is not UNIX. It is a unix-clone/unix-like OS. I'm not saying that makes it bad :) It is just a completely seperate codebase which was written to be like UNIX, it does not trace its lineage down the UNIX line. Then again, I could be generally dumb :) On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, m bram wrote: > > Hi. A quick question. Does freeBSD basically emulate a UNIX system. In other words, if I knew how to work under a unix administrator, would I therefore be totally comfortable with a freeBSD system. ARe there majore differences? Thanks for taking the time to read this & respond. > > Yours truly, > > Mitchell Bram > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0008231923020.26895-100000>