From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 19 10:22:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA05593 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:22:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA05583 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:21:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA09961; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:21:45 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:21:45 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Dennis Graham cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <01BD0C58.2E2D0680.dgraham@cyberus.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Dennis Graham wrote: > I wish to learn Unix and just started to my quest for information. > > What does BSD stand for? Is FreeBSD based on Linux? FreeBSD is based off of 4.4BSD, the last release of Berkely-style UNIX from UCB itself. Linux is written as a kernel by Linus Torvalds, with several other groups heaping on the rest of the OS. Try browsing through this page: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm It has various comparisons between FreeBSD and Linux, as well as a few other free UNIX's. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*