Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:39:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: brian william wolter <bwolter@thesadmachine.org> Cc: Jack Morgan <j-morgan@gol.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted) Message-ID: <20001127183924.A30795@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0011270213100.7751-100000@linux.thesadmachine.org>; from bwolter@thesadmachine.org on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 02:15:39AM -0600 References: <3A21B462.2CCD1F08@gol.com> <Pine.BSF.4.30.0011270213100.7751-100000@linux.thesadmachine.org>
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On Monday, 27 November 2000 at 2:15:39 -0600, brian william wolter wrote: > 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? > > well, 4.4 BSD is (i believe) a direct descendant of System V No, this is not correct. System V is closer to being a descendent of BSD. There was no feedback in the other direction. > and the closest you'll find to actual UNIX today. Well, no, that would be System V. > Linux is based largely in Posix. It conforms largely to Posix. So does System V. 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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