From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 6:53:59 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 06:53:57 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (sub24-23.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5B637B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 06:53:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 23EB118B9; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:17:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B24D18B8; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:17:28 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:17:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell To: jquinada@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: If you don't mind me asking . . . In-Reply-To: <20001214090433.ZJWX2234.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@[192.168.1.2]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > my question: What the heck is the difference between FreeBSD, OpenBSD, > BSDi and NetBSD???? Are these more-or-less the same operating systems > with similar goals, but for various reason the different groups didn't > want to work together? Or, are each of these BSD "flavors" actually > geared toward different markets and different uses? Or something else? Since nobody has really answered you.... FreeBSD is good for networking and high end servers. BSDi is geared towards commercial customers who feel the need to spend lots of money. NetBSD is meant to run on anything... hence the NetBSD Toaster Jokes... OpenBSD is security oriented. The code has been gone through line by line and examined for any security holes. You can find much more by going to http://www.freebsd.org and searching the mailing lists for this question. Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message