Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:47:42 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: myorke@usa.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the difference Message-ID: <32EB364E.3AFE@barcode.co.il> References: <32E91B3B.112C@usa.net>
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Mike Yorke wrote: > > Hi, > > I have recently become a UN*X enthusiast and have been playing around > with Linux a bit. While doing so I have discovered that Linux is not > the only Free PC compatible UNIX out there; i.e. FreeBSD. > > I've noticed that there are what appears to be different BSD > implementations out there that all use the BSD name; FreeBSD, NetBSD, > BSDI, etc. What's the difference? Is there a difference? I get the > impression that they are all very similar with some exceptions. Could > you shed any light on this subject? > > Thanks in advance. > > Mike I'm not trying to start a flame war, so please.... To get an overview of the different BSD variants you may want to take a look at each project's web site. Basically the differences are: BSDI is a commercial OS targeted at Intel based PCs NetBSD is a free OS whose main goal is portability FreeBSD is a free OS targeted at Intel based PCs. All those OSs are based (like many many others) on the BSD code developed by the CSRG at the UCB. Any modern UNIX book will probably have an overview of the hoistory and taxonomy of those variants. Nadav
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