Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:21:45 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Dennis Graham <dgraham@cyberus.ca> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971219121956.9863A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <01BD0C58.2E2D0680.dgraham@cyberus.ca>
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Dennis Graham wrote: > I wish to learn Unix and just started to my quest for information. > > What does BSD stand for? Is FreeBSD based on Linux? FreeBSD is based off of 4.4BSD, the last release of Berkely-style UNIX from UCB itself. Linux is written as a kernel by Linus Torvalds, with several other groups heaping on the rest of the OS. Try browsing through this page: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm It has various comparisons between FreeBSD and Linux, as well as a few other free UNIX's. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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