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From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat
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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