Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:13:28 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat Message-ID: <1065064408.2e7o9k16wn9c@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <3F7B96CE.2020702@hawton.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310012040460.811-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> <3F7B93E5.6010209@hawton.org> <1065064046.14liecjf9d9c@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <3F7B96CE.2020702@hawton.org>
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Quoting Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org>: > 4.4BSD Lite 2 is BSD.. which is from SysV.. heh That's what I said. But that's my point, it's NOT from SysV. It's always been it's own thing, parellel to SysV. It had some AT&T code in it at some point, but is not from SysV. Ken > > Kenneth Culver wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >
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