Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:47:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: snaelq@techst02.technion.ac.il Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i have a question! Message-ID: <20020711132130.O7479-100000@njam.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <1026404247.3d2daf972f7a4@mailtest.technion.ac.il>
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On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 snaelq@techst02.technion.ac.il wrote: > since i'm new to all these stuff, my question is what's the difference between > your FreeBSD & Linux ??! > > p.s. i'm an Electrical Eng. student, & have to learn the UNIX OS, so i'm > looking for the most similar/close OS to UNIX. They are both implemenations of unix-like systems for the PC architecture. FreeBSD is considered by many to be "more unix-like" than linux in general, and among the major linux distros Slackware has the reputation of being the most "unix-like". From the average user's point of view, there's not an awful lot of difference between sitting down to an xterm or console session on a linux or FreeBSD box--the differences appear mainly at the system administration level. Either provides an excellent means to learn unix at little or no cost. A quick search using terms like "linux freebsd difference" or "linux freebsd comparison" in any search engine should give you some more indepth information, try these links for a start: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=580 http://www.cons.org/cracauer/freebsd.html Cheers, Viktor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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