> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:17 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: i have a question! > > > > > >since i'm new to all these stuff, my question is what's the difference > >between > >your FreeBSD & Linux ??! > > To paraphrase Mr. Lehey in 'The Complete FreeBSD'... > > FreeBSD is a direct descendent of the original UNIX, though it does not > contain any residual AT&T code. It is a complete operating system > maintained by a central group of software developers. There is only one > distribution of FreeBSD. > > Linux is a clone of UNIX and never contained any AT&T code. It is a > kernel, personally maintained by Linus Torvalds. The non-kernel programs > suppied with Linux are part of a disribution, such as Slackware, Red Hat, > and Debian.
Again, the key difference is that FreeBSD is a descendant of the original BSD family of UNIX and LINUX is a descendant of the sVr4 family of UNIX. Otherwise, what you say above is true. There are some write-ups out there that get in to more detail. Do some searching in archives and various online publications. ////jerry > > Hope this helps... > > Brett > > > > >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. > > > > > > > >THNX > >-- > >Qudsi N. > >Electircal Eng. Dep. - Technion, Haifa Israel. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
