From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 29 13:40:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26317 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:40:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26311 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:40:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13650; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:40:24 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199810292140.PAA13650@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: BSD - Linux ?? In-Reply-To: <71B30885B657D111809D080009EEBBF33D88D6@MAILSERV.molienergy.bc.ca> from Rob Horstman at "Oct 29, 98 01:34:40 pm" To: robh@molienergy.bc.ca (Rob Horstman) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:40:24 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Rob Horstman said: > Hi, Just wondering if you can settle a small bet we have going in the > office here. > > Is FREE BSD a "flavor" of LINUX or is it a completely seperate entity. > > If you can assist, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Rob. FreeBSD is it's own thing. Based on the final work from CSRG - BSD 4.4 lite. Linux is several various conglomerations of Linus Torvalds' kernel with other stuff coming from GNU and other various sources. -- What did the blonde say when she was asked to spell mississippi? --She asked, "which one? the river or the state?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message