Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:26:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stephan Brocoum <pbrocoum@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910182305.15258A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970906125232.007d5510@pop.mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Stephan Brocoum wrote: > I was wondering if FreeBSD was actually a UNIX OS or just a UNIX-compatible > OS. Also, I don't know much about OSs but I was wondering what the > difference between UNIX and Linux is. Thanks. That depends on your definition of "UNIX" and "UNIX-compatible". :) FreeBSD is based on the Berkeley BSD distribution and not System V. FreeBSD vs. Linux? That is somewhat subjective, but the main difference in my eye is the distribution system -- FreeBSD has one, Linux has 20 (+/-) distinct distributions and therefore requires 20 support networks. FreeBSD has one distribution, one support network, and we know what system you're on when you say you're on version 2.2.2-RELEASE. Sorry if this was answered before -- I've been off the list for a bit. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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