From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 09:39:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16754 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ralf.serv.net (ralf.serv.net [205.153.153.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16749 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mcglk@ralf.serv.net) Received: (from mcglk@localhost) by ralf.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01211; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811241739.JAA01211@ralf.serv.net> From: Ken McGlothlen MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Alvin" Cc: Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD References: <000101be17cd$be2b5d00$2cca15a5@mikhails> X-Mailer: VM 6.33 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG vj2786x@mbox4.singnet.com.sg (Alvin) writes: | I'm a newbie to Unix and I'd like to learn Unix. However, the software is | far too expensive for me. You can't afford free? Dang, you *must* be broke. :) | How similar is FreeBSD to commercial Unix? Very. FreeBSD is a port of BSD 4.4 "Lite" (that is, it contains no code copyrighted by AT&T or USL, but still includes all the functionality of it). BSD has been used as a base for many commercial Unixes (SunOS, among others). Unlike Linux, FreeBSD *is* Unix, not a Unix emulator. | Will knowing FreeBSD help me in using commercial Unix later on? Absolutely. A good knowledge of FreeBSD should help your proficiency immensely. Of course, no two commercial Unix implementations are the same--- there are many differences between, say, Hewlett-Packard's version of Unix (HP/UX) and Sun's current version fo Unix (Solaris)---but they're similar enough that most of your knowledge will transfer easily, and the rest should be fairly simple to pick up over time. ---Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message