Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:54:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: mw29@uswest.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info. on this freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980719224034.23212A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <35B2CE5C.8F8CE3C7@pop.phnx.uswest.net>
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FreeBSD is a member of the UNIX family of operating systems. Historically, Unix came from Bell Labs, and the University of California at Berkeley improved upon this (called BSD UNIX). Over time the improvements added up to a complete replacement. When this happenned there was no longer a need for the costly Bell-labs license. FreeBSD is one of 3 'cousins' who started off with that replacement, to produce a family of FREE unix. Add to this the addopted sibling of Linux you have a family of full strength UNIX Operating Systems that can be run on PC hardware (or others) for free, allowing people to experiment for themselves on real OS's which are distributed with full source code. FreeBSD is aimed at specifically PC hardware, with a high degree of 'user friendliness in the install etc. NetBSD is aimed at networks of varied hardware. It has concentrated on portability issues and runs on many hardware varieties. OpenBSD is derived from NetBSD and is concerned largely with security issues. Linux is a completely different animal that evolved in the same ecological niche and therefore appears the same from the outside. They all allow you to run full strength server applications on PC hardware for free (or for the cost of a cdrom if you don't want to download off the net). Obviously I believe FreeBSD to be the best for my own uses. as you can try them all for free, you could see which you prefer. for more info check: http://www.freebsd.org/ regards julian (note it is NOT windows compatible and does not run windows apps, (but then that could be construed as a sign of good taste)) On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 mw29@uswest.net wrote: > What is it and how is it better and what does it do. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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