From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 31 1:28:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C76F614EBF for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA27954; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:53:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:53:18 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Francois Hensley Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More about freebsd Message-ID: <20000131015318.S13027@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from FHensley@mcsquared.co.za on Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 10:57:49AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Francois Hensley [000131 01:38] wrote: > Hi. > > I've been using SuSE linux for 3 years now, and i thought that now is a > good time to go to the next level so to speak. Now i know very little > about freebsd so if you could just maybe point out the diffrences > between FreeBSD and linux. > > One notable question is what filesystem does it work and what kind of > microkernel does it use. ie Mach comes to mind. i'm not sure though. > Also how compaible is it with linux and how does the kernel compiling > works. Is it the same as linux or not. also where can i get freebsd, not > download, on CD the cheaper the better. And how much does it go for ? Most of these questions get asked at least twice a week on this mailing list. If you take the time to search the mailing lists you ought to find your answer about FreeBSD vs Linux: http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists You can find information about the Linuxolator in the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/linuxemu.html And your question about the internal implementation can be answered by searching the -hackers email list archives (at the above url) and also by reading the handbook, particularly: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/internals.html enjoy, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message