From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 7 14:47:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA26955 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:47:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p12.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26935 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:47:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA04395; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:47:26 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:47:25 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Library Rat cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Question In-Reply-To: <000701be2232$115a6ac0$115faccf@grobt> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Library Rat wrote: [snip] > Are FreeBSD and Linux the same; i.e., are they merely different > "flavors" of Linux much as Red Hat and Debian are different flavors? > No, FreeBSD and Linux are two different operating systems. > Will applications for FreeBSD also run w/o modification under Red > Hat/Debian Linux? > No, but some Linux apps will run on FreeBSD with the linux emulation installed. Hope this helps.. Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | web: http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message