Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:01:19 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Jack Morgan <j-morgan@gol.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted) Message-ID: <20001127170119.B30134@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200011270418.eAR4IJS43135@grumpy.dyndns.org>; from dkelly@hiwaay.net on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 10:18:19PM -0600 References: <j-morgan@gol.com> <200011270418.eAR4IJS43135@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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On Sunday, 26 November 2000 at 22:18:19 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > Jack Morgan writes: >> Now, my question: How different are they? I beleive Linux is based on >> System V and FreeBSd is based on 4.4 BSD, so what does that mean? > > Linux is not based on anything, but most try to keep Linux in adherence > to POSIX standards. Linux does have some foundations in Minix, but I'm not sure how far they go. I think things like the Linux device driver interface may be related to Minix. They're definitely very different from the System V and BSD interface. > But the fact most all Linux distributions use a Sys-V-like init, one > could say Linux most closely resembles Sys-V. I've heard this before, but I think it's bogus. Most users don't even know what init is. > FreeBSD *is* BSD. The real thing. Not a clone. Correct. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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