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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>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!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Bob Patterson</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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