Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:09:02 -0700 From: Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org> To: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat Message-ID: <3F7B96CE.2020702@hawton.org> In-Reply-To: <1065064046.14liecjf9d9c@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> References: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310012040460.811-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> <3F7B93E5.6010209@hawton.org> <1065064046.14liecjf9d9c@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>
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4.4BSD Lite 2 is BSD.. which is from SysV.. heh That's what I said. Kenneth Culver wrote: > Quoting Daniel Hawton <daniel@hawton.org>: > > >> >>SoloCDM wrote: >> >>>Why do the ISOs seem to be three CDs of 600Mb each for RedHat compared >>>to 1.5 CDs for FreeBSD? I thought the files were larger with FreeBSD >>>and its tarballs. >>> >>>Does FreeBSD offer all the packages from A to Z in their CDs? >> >>There are some packages which are only available through FTP. Some >>packages aren't included on CDs because 3 cds is a little excessive. >> >>>Does FreeBSD come with an installation package? >>> >>>Is FreeBSD Linux or UNIX? >>> >> >>FreeBSD is a child of System V, so UNIX. Linux was written from scratch >>by Linus with the GNU Public License, as opposed to FreeBSD which >>originated from BSD, which originated from System V. >> >>-Daniel >> > > > Actually no, FreeBSD is a child of 4.4BSD Lite 2, which had all the AT&T SYSV > stuff yanked out. > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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