From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 15 14:47:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11192 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 14:47:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11165 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 14:47:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jer@jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jer@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA16747; Fri, 15 May 1998 16:47:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 16:47:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner To: Randy Foo Jong Suan cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difference between FreeBSD & Linux In-Reply-To: <000001bd8042$816022c0$defc18d2@randyfoo.pacific.net.sg> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 May 1998, Randy Foo Jong Suan wrote: > Dear Chuck, > > 1) I am starting to learn UNIX commands by installing Slackware Linux on my > PC > using UMSDOS partitioning. As you know, of course, that there are many > distributions or 'flavours' of Linux, e.g. Caldera, Debian, Red Hat etc. > > All of them can be classified as Linux OS. > > 2) It seems to me that FreeBSD is like Linux BUT it is not classed together > with the Linux distributions. (GNU Public Licensing aside. . .) > > So if I were to install, learn and use FreeBSD on my PC, am I learning Linux > or UNIX or what?!? It is safe to say that by learning one Un*x system you are learning UNIX. > By using FreeBSD, can I correctly claim that I am learning Linux?? No. Linux is a "UNIX-like" clone developed from scratch by Linus Torvalds. FreeBSD is based off of 4.4BSD. BSD is one of the two major branches of the original UNIX (The other being AT&T derived Unices.) (Technically, the only thing that is UNIX is UNIX (tm).) > 3) Are there any major technical differences between Linux and FreeBSD? > Or was it just the GNU licensing thing that sets them apart? On the first, Yes, for reasons that I'm sure someone else could elaborate on. On the second, no. > I am somewhat confused. Moreover, Red Hat seemed to be a very popular > choice. > Should I touch on FreeBSD then? Yes, Red Hat does seem to be a very popular distribution. Slackware is also. Red Hat is easier to setup and run, whereas Slackware requires that you get your hands dirty (And so some say it's a better first Linux, since it forces you to learn it.) -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message