On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Allen <unix.hac...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 10/31/2011 3:50 PM, Zantgo wrote: >> >> I mean, like BSD is based on the original UNIX, and Linux on System >> V, > > Um, no.... BSD was a version of Unix that was done at Berkeley. They were > one of the first Universities to REALLY get work done with Unix adding > things that we all now take for granted (Vi, TCP/IP, more) and basically > came out with this "BSD" which was in very high demand and VERY popular. It, > in my mind, was better than the AT&T Unix. > > Linux uses System V style Init. It's BASED on SunOS. Linus Torvalds said > that when he started working on Linux, his reason for doing so, was that he > wanted to run on HIS computer, the same thing he had been using at the > University, which, was SunOS. He said his early inspiration for Linux was > SunOS. > > Just because it uses System V init doesn't mean it's actually based on it...
Yes, but I guess that Linus probably used early versions of SunOS 4 which were not only BSD-based, but also not yet SysV-ied. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"