Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:50:00 -0000 From: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> To: 'Drew Sanford' <drew@planetwe.com>, Tim Stahl <phantomnoble@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Got a quick question. Message-ID: <FB7CAC781DB6D311BEE800805FE6FADA2F4D55@camexch4.cam.uk.internal>
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These words are potentially misleading (although more informative than my first response :o) FreeBSD has the look and feel of UNIX, but it isn't UNIX, due to a ruling over the use of the name. We are not at liberty to call it UNIX because our system doesn't come under the terms of the copyright. And frankly, the whole argument is a little dated and very sad, but there you have it. It is merely a game of semantics that the big boys won. So paraphrase Drew's mail to read: "FreeBSD ... is an actual UNIX-like OS, not just a kernel." Dan -----Original Message----- From: Drew Sanford [mailto:drew@planetwe.com] Sent: 06 November 2000 15:46 To: Tim Stahl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Got a quick question. 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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