Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 02:15:39 -0600 (CST) From: brian william wolter <bwolter@linux.thesadmachine.org> To: Jack Morgan <j-morgan@gol.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0011270213100.7751-100000@linux.thesadmachine.org> In-Reply-To: <3A21B462.2CCD1F08@gol.com>
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well, 4.4 BSD is (i believe) a direct descendant of System V and the closest you'll find to actual UNIX today. Linux is based largely in Posix. You'll remember that BSD was originally developed using the AT&T code and while it contains no AT&T code today, linux never did. peace, brian t h e S a d M a c h i n e . o r g On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Jack Morgan wrote: > Howdy, > > I posted a questions about a week ago. At that time, I installed > FreeBSD, but was stuggling. I got pretty frustrated and reinstalled > Linux thus about 400 emails got reformatted :-( > > I have been using Debian for over a year, and Linux off and on for 3. I > have to admin a few BSD boxes as well as Linux boxes so wanted to learn > more about FreeBSD. I have got my hands the Handbook, and will try again > after redaing more. > > Now, my question: How different are they? I beleive Linux is based on > System V and FreeBSd is based on 4.4 BSD, so what does that mean? > > Thanks, > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jack Morgan System Administrator, Exodus Communications > Phone/Fax: (03) 5334-1770/5334-1771 > Email: j-morgan@gol.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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