From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 30 19:21:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA06136 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 19:21:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA06083; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 19:21:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA26715; Fri, 1 May 1998 11:50:00 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980501114959.A26691@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:49:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Frank Pawlak , Yves.holzgen@mba.be Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus LINUX References: <354ab626.180130618@mail.cetlink.net> <199804300440.XAA00426@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199804300440.XAA00426@darkstar.connect.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 11:40:10PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 29 April 1998 at 23:40:10 -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > On 29 Apr, John Kelly wrote: >> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:10:58 +0200, "Yves Holzgen" >> wrote: >> >>> We already use LINUX system. What are the main difference between Linux and >>> freeBSD ? >> > > ... > > Linux is a very young clone of SYSV UNIX. It is not really an > operating system, just a kernel. The libs and other components that > make up an operating system come from many developers with out a central > centrol mechanism to ensure the quality of the release. It just the > kernel that is controlled by one person. I don't know if I like making this distinction. Lots of the FreeBSD supporting software is not under the direct control of the core team either (in fact, it's the same software used by Linux). And the term "not an operating system" is misleading. Many people, including myself, consider the kernel to be the operating system, and the rest just to be support. Having said that, it is correct that you can't just go out and get "the latest version of Linux". You have a choice of a large number of different packagings. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message