From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 16:55:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23663 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:55:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23647 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA20740; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:24:26 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA02516; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:24:25 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980831092425.L606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:24:25 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Evan Melanie , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux, Unix and FreeBSD References: <01BDD4C2.C57A4330@sn24-51.dhcp.ansto.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <01BDD4C2.C57A4330@sn24-51.dhcp.ansto.gov.au>; from Evan Melanie on Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 09:36:02AM +1000 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 [Format autorecovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Monday, 31 August 1998 at 9:36:02 +1000, Evan Melanie wrote: > > Which OS is closer to UNIX. FreeBSD or Linux? FreeBSD. Technically, it has as much claim as System V to being UNIX. > If FreeBSD is, what are the major differences compared with 4.4BSD? As a user, you'd have difficulty finding any major differences. I can only think of the new virtual memory system, though there must be others. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message