Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:14:02 -0700 (PDT) From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org> To: Jeremy & Beth <jnbbend@frontiernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vs. Linux Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970510191145.26869A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <337520D5.3F67@frontiernet.net>
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, Jeremy & Beth wrote: > I'm currently a CS student and we've been using the Sun System V OS. My > quick question is - what would be the closest match to System V, > Slackware Linux or FreeBSD? Is there a difference in the applications? > or is it just a matter of the kernel? Linux is more SysV flavored, whereas FreeBSD is (surprise!) more BSD flavored. Mostly, the flavor is a matter of the kernel and the base binarys in the distribution; the switches and names of commands, organization of the manpages, etc. Of course, there's been a large number of raging debates about the relative abilities of FreeBSD and Linux, and there has been a debate forever as to SysV vs. BSD. You COULD just learn BSD (which is better) ....... ;) > > Thanks in advance, > jeremy > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |FreeBSD is good. FreeBSD is our friend. UNIX is our god.| *Micro$oft is bad. Micro$oft causes problems.* |MicroBSD??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!| |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| *fullermd@narcissus.ml.org FreeBSD junkie* |http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd Westminster College| *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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