From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 6 7:41:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88CA637B4C5 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:41:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from opal (cs.binghamton.edu [128.226.123.101]) by bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03149; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:41:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:40:34 -0500 (EST) From: Zhiui Zhang X-Sender: zzhang@opal To: Tim Stahl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Got a quick question. In-Reply-To: <22413380.973525060293.JavaMail.imail@magic.excite.com> 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 Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Tim Stahl wrote: > Does FreeBSD run on a standard Linux kernel.... or is it an actual UNIX > kernel... or something completely different? No, FreeBSD has its own kernel. Actually, it is a complete operating system. Linux is just a kernel. To use Linux, you have to choose a distribution for it, e.g., RedHat, Mandrake, etc. FreeBSD's kernel is more professional. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message