From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 19 06:01:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA18414 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 06:01:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA18407 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 06:01:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA13310; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:56:58 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712191356.HAA13310@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD To: dgraham@cyberus.ca (Dennis Graham) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:56:58 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <01BD0C58.2E2D0680.dgraham@cyberus.ca> from Dennis Graham at "Dec 15, 97 08:15:43 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Dennis Graham said: > I wish to learn Unix and just started to my quest for information. > > What does BSD stand for? Is FreeBSD based on Linux? Berkeley Software Distribution. As in UCB. FreeBSD is based on the last release from Berkeley, 4.4. -- If you make every game a life-and-death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. -- Dean Smith, North Carolina University basketball coach