From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 15 3:46:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD1C14F7C for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 03:46:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11nKaM-000AdR-00; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:46:14 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Peter Kok Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: different between sun solaris and freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:31:38 +0800." <382FEF1A.2DCB802E@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:46:14 +0200 Message-ID: <40884.942666374@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:31:38 +0800, Peter Kok wrote: > I would like to know what is the different between Sun Solaris BSD and > freebsd I've never heard of Sun Solaris BSD. Could you provide a reference to some document that describes it? Solaris and FreeBSD are both UNIX-derived operating systems. Solaris 2 is derived from System V Release 4 and Solaris 1, which was derived from SunOS, which was derived from 4.1cBSD more than 15 years ago. So to say that modern-day Solaris is BSD is stretching things. it's much more SysV than anything else. Modern FreeBSD is derived from 4.4BSD-Lite 2. It's probably the closest thing to BSD that you can come by these days. So what's the difference? Well, you don't have to pay to use FreeBSD. The full source code for FreeBSD is available for scrutiny and modification. FreeBSD does not run on Sun's computers. Solaris does. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message