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Walter wrote:
> On 10/15/14, 4:27 PM, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
>> On 2014-10-15 21:58, Walter wrote:
>>> but it's hard to know how useful these are without trying them
>>> all, and I'm hoping people here can guide me.  Ultimately, I'm
>>> interested in secure, encrypted p2p operations starting with basic
>>> messaging, which will run on Windows-something, Mac, and Linux
>>> (BSD) OS's.
>> And just as pear is a flavour of apple, BSD is really a flavour of
>> Linux... Right?
> I may run BSD on some servers, but most people run Linux with
> a desktop.  And if it runs on Linux, it will likely run under BSD.
> 
> Or am I wrong on that?  Or that most people use Linux over BSD?
> 
> Walter


BSD IS NOT A FAVOR OF LINUX. FreeBSD and Linux are complete independent 
re-writes of Unix. The other BSD's are forks of FreeBSD.

There are many open sourced software that are coded to execute on most 
flavors of Unix.

Microsoft Windows is a completely independent operating system which 
internally is as different as night and day to the Unix flavored 
operating systems.

Your above statement that "most people use linux over BSD" is just as 
wrong as saying "most people drive a Kia car over a VW". Each Unix 
favored operating system has different bells and whistles with their own 
loyal user groups.