FreeBSD vs. RedHat

[Daniel Hawton]

4.4BSD Lite 2 is BSD.. which is from SysV.. heh That's what I said.

Kenneth Culver wrote:
> Quoting Daniel Hawton <daniel at 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
> 
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