From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 14 14:19:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16169 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:19:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16164 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:19:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jer@jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jer@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA26083; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:18:56 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:18:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner To: Jeremy Domingue cc: Brandon Lockhart , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disgruntled Linux User... questions about FreeBSD In-Reply-To: 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 ...cc's shrunk... On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Brandon Lockhart wrote: > > :1) First and foremost, I am wondering what issues I will face being a user > :very accustomed to linux. I know there will be differences between linux and > :FreeBSD, but can anyone outline some of the major ones? > > Well, let's see. Linux is a clone of SYSV, and FreeBSD a clone of BSD, is > that major enough for you? Possibly different devices, different FS, > different operating system, just to name a few. > More than that. Linux is just a kernel that is "like" SYSV, built entirely from the ground up. FreeBSD isn't just a clone, it *is* BSD, based off the 4.4BSD code from Berkeley. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message