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Date:      Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:22:57 +0100 (CET)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
To:        Itzik Zitiyat <itzikz@elad.co.il>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990215161227.6281A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <B0C31DE92298D211ABD80060089A2FCA048E67@EXTLV>

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On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Itzik Zitiyat wrote:

> is FreeBSD is another linux version, like redhat?
> if yes how compatible it is to unix and other standart linux OS?

FreeBSD and Linux have different roots. FreeBSD evolved from BSD UNIX
developed by the Computer Science Research Group of the University of
Berkeley in California from about 1977 to 1994. The creation of Linux
(starting about 1989) was inspired by Minix, a free UNIX clone developed
by Andrew S Tanenbaum as a small UNIX-like OS for educational purposes.

BSD UNIX has had a very strong influence on the whole UNIX world
(including Linux). Thus FreeBSD has many things in common with other UNIX
OS, probably more than Linux has. To my mind Slackware Linux comes most
close to FreeBSD from all the Linux systems.

Regards

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