Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:46:34 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> To: csmith@icdc.com Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which version to pick up Message-ID: <200308051446.34022.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <200308052128.h75LSrcD006810@ns8.icdc.com> References: <200308052128.h75LSrcD006810@ns8.icdc.com>
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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
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