Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:56:42 +1030 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: "Julien P." <julien.pham@online.fr>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs linux Message-ID: <01012210050400.09119@PhD_1.testname.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000701c083c0$10aff3a0$0200a8c0@mirkwood> References: <000701c083c0$10aff3a0$0200a8c0@mirkwood>
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Julien P. wrote: > What are the differences between those two OS ? On your FreeBSD CD you should find a copy of 'The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. This has a very good comparison chart. There are other fine sources. Basically, FreeBSD is Unix in everything but name (its a copyright problem that prevents the use of the name Unix). GNU/Linux is part of the Free Software Foundation's offering and its kernel is derived from Minix by (primarily) Linus Torvalds who is the Linux kernel coordinator. FreeBSD has a Linux emulator, so most Linux programs can run on FreeBSD. There are many Unix-style programs that will run on FreeBSD but NOT on Linux. There are many Linux distributions but only one FreeBSD. Which distro of GNU/Linux you prefer or whether you choose FreeBSD depends on your circumstances and your personal foibles. -- Regards, Brian ******************************************************** Dr Brian Astill Visiting Research Fellow Flinders University Institute of International Education Bus 8201 3480 FAX 8449 9199 bastill@sa.apana.org.au ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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