Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:18:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: bcates513@hotmail.com (Brett Cates) Cc: "BrettC@campbellhealth.netsnaelq"@techst02.technion.ac.il, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i have a question! Message-ID: <200207111818.g6BIIcl03005@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <F232fOAugxyQRQN738V00010abf@hotmail.com> from "Brett Cates" at Jul 11, 2002 12:47:16 PM
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> > >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. 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 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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