From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 15 13:52:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02134 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:52:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sophia.pacific.net.sg (sophia.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02127 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:52:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randyfoo@pacific.net.sg) Received: from pop1.pacific.net.sg (pop1.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.85]) by sophia.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP id EAA13683 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 04:50:10 +0800 (SGT) Received: from randyfoo.pacific.net.sg (dyn252ppp222.pacific.net.sg [210.24.252.222]) by pop1.pacific.net.sg with SMTP id EAA27187 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 04:52:06 +0800 (SGT) From: "Randy Foo Jong Suan" To: Subject: Difference between FreeBSD & Linux Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 04:46:14 +0800 Message-ID: <000001bd8042$816022c0$defc18d2@randyfoo.pacific.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Chuck, 1) I am starting to learn UNIX commands by installing Slackware Linux on my PC using UMSDOS partitioning. As you know, of course, that there are many distributions or 'flavours' of Linux, e.g. Caldera, Debian, Red Hat etc. All of them can be classified as Linux OS. 2) It seems to me that FreeBSD is like Linux BUT it is not classed together with the Linux distributions. (GNU Public Licensing aside. . .) So if I were to install, learn and use FreeBSD on my PC, am I learning Linux or UNIX or what?!? By using FreeBSD, can I correctly claim that I am learning Linux?? 3) Are there any major technical differences between Linux and FreeBSD? Or was it just the GNU licensing thing that sets them apart? I am somewhat confused. Moreover, Red Hat seemed to be a very popular choice. Should I touch on FreeBSD then? Please advise, Chuck. Thanks. Regards, Randy Foo Jong Suan Email: rand@post1.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message