Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:36:39 -0500 From: "Library Rat" <grobt@erols.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Newbie Question Message-ID: <000701be2232$115a6ac0$115faccf@grobt>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2208.25911360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! I'm new to the whole OSS scene and a bit confused. I've read a lot = about OSS in general lately and have seen Linux and FreeBSD mentioned a = lot. I'm going to give OSS a try. But, before I do, I have to get = clear what's what. Are FreeBSD and Linux the same; i.e., are they = merely different "flavors" of Linux much as Red Hat and Debian are = different flavors? Will applications for FreeBSD also run w/o = modification under Red Hat/Debian Linux? Your assistance in getting = clear about OSS in general and Linux and FreeBSD in particular would be = greatly appreciated. TIA! Bob Patterson ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2208.25911360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi! I'm new to the whole OSS = scene and a=20 bit confused. I've read a lot about OSS in general lately and have = seen=20 Linux and FreeBSD mentioned a lot. I'm going to give OSS a = try. But,=20 before I do, I have to get clear what's what. Are FreeBSD and = Linux the=20 same; i.e., are they merely different "flavors" of Linux much = as Red=20 Hat and Debian are different flavors? Will applications for = FreeBSD also=20 run w/o modification under Red Hat/Debian Linux? Your assistance = in=20 getting clear about OSS in general and Linux and FreeBSD in particular = would be=20 greatly appreciated. TIA!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Bob = Patterson</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2208.25911360-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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