From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 6 7:45:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wormhole.bluestar.net (wormhole.bluestar.net [208.53.1.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE3B37B4D7 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:45:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from planetwe.com (admin.planetwe.com [64.182.69.146]) by wormhole.bluestar.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA6Fjll23240; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 09:45:47 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3A06D22D.7ACE946@planetwe.com> Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:45:49 -0600 From: Drew Sanford X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Stahl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Got a quick question. References: <22413380.973525060293.JavaMail.imail@magic.excite.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tim Stahl wrote: > > Does FreeBSD run on a standard Linux kernel.... or is it an actual UNIX > kernel... or something completely different? > > Just out of utter stupidity and curiousity, > -Tim > Tim, FreeBSD is a *nix operating system that has its own kernel, although it does have an linux emulation library that allows it to run nearly all of the linux programs I have come across. If you are familiar with linux, then Using FreeBSD wouldn't be much of a strech for you, they feel similar, although FreeBSD uses a more standard file layout than most linux distros. In short: FreeBSD does not have anything to do with linux, it is an actual UNIX OS, not just a kernel. -- Drew Sanford Systems Administrator Planetwe.com Email: drew@planetwe.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message