From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 10:47:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 089CA37B401 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f232.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C1443E4A for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:47:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bcates513@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:47:16 -0700 Received: from 168.39.193.26 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:47:16 GMT X-Originating-IP: [168.39.193.26] From: "Brett Cates" To: "BrettC@campbellhealth.netsnaelq"@techst02.technion.ac.il, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i have a question! Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:47:16 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jul 2002 17:47:16.0874 (UTC) FILETIME=[FF3E46A0:01C22902] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: snaelq@techst02.technion.ac.il >[mailto:snaelq@techst02.technion.ac.il] >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:17 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >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. 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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org >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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message