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Date:      Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:53:18 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Francois Hensley <FHensley@mcsquared.co.za>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More about freebsd
Message-ID:  <20000131015318.S13027@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <D18ADB80B432D31193CD0004AC6311AF48C31D@mcssrv01.mcsquared.co.za>; from FHensley@mcsquared.co.za on Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 10:57:49AM %2B0200
References:  <D18ADB80B432D31193CD0004AC6311AF48C31D@mcssrv01.mcsquared.co.za>

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* Francois Hensley <FHensley@mcsquared.co.za> [000131 01:38] wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I've been using SuSE linux for 3 years now, and i thought that now is a
> good time to go to the next level so to speak. Now i know very little
> about freebsd so if you could just maybe point out the diffrences
> between FreeBSD and linux.
> 
> One notable question is what filesystem does it work and what kind of
> microkernel does it use. ie Mach comes to mind. i'm not sure though.
> Also how compaible is it with linux and how does the kernel compiling
> works. Is it the same as linux or not. also where can i get freebsd, not
> download, on CD the cheaper the better. And how much does it go for ?

Most of these questions get asked at least twice a week on this mailing
list.

If you take the time to search the mailing lists you ought to find
your answer about FreeBSD vs Linux:
http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists

You can find information about the Linuxolator in the handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/linuxemu.html

And your question about the internal implementation can be answered
by searching the -hackers email list archives (at the above url)
and also by reading the handbook, particularly:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/internals.html

enjoy,
-Alfred


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