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From: "Jon Noack" <noackjr@compgeek.com>
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Subject: RE: Linux or Unix?
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> I know that Linux is based on Unix, but does FreeBSD originate
> from Linux or Unix?

Setting records here...

Second sentence on http://www.freebsd.org:

"It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the
University of California, Berkeley."

Jon


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