Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:05:19 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the technical differences between Linux and BSD? Message-ID: <CADGWnjU5150p3mszqYZ71Ab%2B41k%2BN=d3_xCfzD=WpbN-Jn-_Dg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EBE2D07.8080005@comcast.net> References: <D66F322D-5B3C-4640-90D3-2C11D6BE1764@gmail.com> <4EBE2D07.8080005@comcast.net>
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On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> wrote: > On 10/31/2011 3:50 PM, Zantgo wrote: >> >> I mean, like BSD is based on the original UNIX, and Linux on System >> V, > > Um, no.... BSD was a version of Unix that was done at Berkeley. They were > one of the first Universities to REALLY get work done with Unix adding > things that we all now take for granted (Vi, TCP/IP, more) and basically > came out with this "BSD" which was in very high demand and VERY popular. It, > in my mind, was better than the AT&T Unix. > > Linux uses System V style Init. It's BASED on SunOS. Linus Torvalds said > that when he started working on Linux, his reason for doing so, was that he > wanted to run on HIS computer, the same thing he had been using at the > University, which, was SunOS. He said his early inspiration for Linux was > SunOS. > > Just because it uses System V init doesn't mean it's actually based on it... Yes, but I guess that Linus probably used early versions of SunOS 4 which were not only BSD-based, but also not yet SysV-ied. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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