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From: mike johnson <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu>
To: brian william wolter <bwolter@thesadmachine.org>,
	Jack Morgan <j-morgan@gol.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted)
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what about tru64? 
in the 'family tree' of unix its the only thing that doesnt branch off
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, brian william wolter wrote:
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 02:15:39 -0600 (CST)
> To: Jack Morgan <j-morgan@gol.com>
> From: brian william wolter <bwolter@thesadmachine.org>
> Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted)
> 
> well, 4.4 BSD is (i believe) a direct descendant of System V and the
> closest you'll find to actual UNIX today.  Linux is based largely in
> Posix.  You'll remember that BSD was originally developed using the AT&T
> code and while it contains no AT&T code today, linux never did.
> 
> 
> peace,
> brian
> 
> 
> 		t h e S a d M a c h i n e . o r g
> 
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Jack Morgan wrote:
> 
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I posted a questions about a week ago. At that time, I installed
> > FreeBSD, but was stuggling. I got pretty frustrated and reinstalled
> > Linux thus about 400 emails got reformatted :-(
> >
> > I have been using Debian for over a year, and Linux off and on for 3. I
> > have to admin a few BSD boxes as well as Linux boxes so wanted to learn
> > more about FreeBSD. I have got my hands the Handbook, and will try
> again
> > after redaing more.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Jack Morgan		System Administrator, Exodus Communications
> > Phone/Fax:	        (03) 5334-1770/5334-1771
> > Email:		        j-morgan@gol.com
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
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