Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:07:26 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions \(Request\)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat Message-ID: <1065064046.14liecjf9d9c@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <3F7B93E5.6010209@hawton.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310012040460.811-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> <3F7B93E5.6010209@hawton.org>
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Quoting Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org>: > > > SoloCDM wrote: > > Why do the ISOs seem to be three CDs of 600Mb each for RedHat compared > > to 1.5 CDs for FreeBSD? I thought the files were larger with FreeBSD > > and its tarballs. > > > > Does FreeBSD offer all the packages from A to Z in their CDs? > > There are some packages which are only available through FTP. Some > packages aren't included on CDs because 3 cds is a little excessive. > > > > Does FreeBSD come with an installation package? > > > > Is FreeBSD Linux or UNIX? > > > FreeBSD is a child of System V, so UNIX. Linux was written from scratch > by Linus with the GNU Public License, as opposed to FreeBSD which > originated from BSD, which originated from System V. > > -Daniel > Actually no, FreeBSD is a child of 4.4BSD Lite 2, which had all the AT&T SYSV stuff yanked out. Ken
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