From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 09:05:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C502B106564A for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:05:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD338FC12 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk3 with SMTP id k3so6975943ggn.13 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:05:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.13.3 with SMTP id d3mr3518144obc.20.1321088719891; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:05:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.88.98 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:05:19 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.185.54] In-Reply-To: <4EBE2D07.8080005@comcast.net> References: <4EBE2D07.8080005@comcast.net> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:05:19 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Allen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the technical differences between Linux and BSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:05:20 -0000 On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Allen wrote: > On 10/31/2011 3:50 PM, Zantgo wrote: >> >> I mean, like BSD is based on the original UNIX, and Linux on System >> V, > > Um, no.... BSD was a version of Unix that was done at Berkeley. They were > one of the first Universities to REALLY get work done with Unix adding > things that we all now take for granted (Vi, TCP/IP, more) and basically > came out with this "BSD" which was in very high demand and VERY popular. It, > in my mind, was better than the AT&T Unix. > > Linux uses System V style Init. It's BASED on SunOS. Linus Torvalds said > that when he started working on Linux, his reason for doing so, was that he > wanted to run on HIS computer, the same thing he had been using at the > University, which, was SunOS. He said his early inspiration for Linux was > SunOS. > > Just because it uses System V init doesn't mean it's actually based on it... Yes, but I guess that Linus probably used early versions of SunOS 4 which were not only BSD-based, but also not yet SysV-ied. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/