Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 12:47:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Worldwide Web Design <xfiles@iaw.on.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, BSD and Linux Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960825124248.220B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.91.960825041621.13238A-100000@canal.iaw.on.ca>
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On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Worldwide Web Design wrote: > I was told that that if I'm putting shareware UNIX on my system, it > should be System5 Release 4. Is this a UNIX standard that I need to look > for and if so, do FreeBSD, BSD and Linux support it? That advice might be suitable for Linux, but not FreeBSD. For FreeBSD you want to look out for BSD-compatible software, specifically anything for BSDi/ BSD/OS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, or FreeBSD. FreeBSD does have some support for most Linux apps through the emulator. SVR4 apps with any complicated stuff will require severe amounts of porting to work, probably more than is worthwhile unless the tool means a lot to you. A bit of history: SVR4 (System V Release 4) is the original AT&T UNIX. Many UNIces (such as Solaris) are based on it. BSD is an alternative to SVR4 developed by UC Berkeley (thus "Berkeley Software Distribution"). FreeBSD and others such as SunOS are based on that. Generally, SVR4 and BSD vary on many things, and as such aren't 100% cross-compatible. Most software that supports BSD-style OSs should work under others, perhaps requiring some porting to make up for system-specific elements in the code. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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