From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 14:55:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B2437B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lug.kamloops.net (lug2.kamloops.net [209.52.173.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1FD43FB1 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:55:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fcash@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by lug.kamloops.net with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 19k8Xl-0001dJ-00; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:36:29 -0700 From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 To: csmith@icdc.com Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:46:34 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <200308052128.h75LSrcD006810@ns8.icdc.com> In-Reply-To: <200308052128.h75LSrcD006810@ns8.icdc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308051446.34022.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which version to pick up X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:55:04 -0000 On August 5, 2003 02:26 am, csmith@icdc.com wrote: > The Family of BSD's are built on differnt ways of thinking. FreeBSD > is the first one and the daddy to the others. They are all compatable Actually, FreeBSD and NetBSD started at the same time, as two separate projects. OpenBSD split off from NetBSD. Thus: 4.4BSD-Lite | | | | FreeBSD NetBSD | |--OpenBSD > via a FreeBSD compatablity layer in the other kernels. FreeBSD is There is no "FreeBSD compatibility layer". BSD is BSD is BSD. You can run (most) FreeBSD programs on NetBSD or OpenBSD simply by recompiling it. There's no emulation or compatibility required ... it either works, or it doesn't. Each of the BSDs has a compatibility layer for various other versions of UInix, though. Like System V (all three), Irix (NetBSD), Linux (FreeBSD), and SCO (Free and Net). -- Freddie Cash District HelpDesk / Network Admin fcash@sd73.bc.ca helpdesk@sd73.bc.ca (250) 374-0679 ext. 219