Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 02:02:20 -0500 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted) Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20001127015956.0222e8e8@mail.enterit.com> In-Reply-To: <20001127170119.B30134@echunga.lemis.com> References: <200011270418.eAR4IJS43135@grumpy.dyndns.org> <j-morgan@gol.com> <200011270418.eAR4IJS43135@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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At 05:01 PM 11/27/2000 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >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 agree with this. I haven't heard it from anyone, I made this decision on my own. I have worked with BSD and Sys-V machines and I think Linux most closely resembles the Sys-V like init at least in the way startup scripts are run and where they are kept, Init run levels, and the like...etc. - Jim >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 - Jim - NOTJames - jconner@enterit.com - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - | Today's errors, in contrast: | - | Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" | - | UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" | - | Humans - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (To view this properly use a non-proportional font in your MUA) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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