info on FreeBSD

[Matthew Seaman]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:07:30PM +0100, nigel p lawrence wrote:

> I aew to linux what is Freeebsd ?
> Is some kind of unix or linux ?

Like it says right at the top of the page at http://www.freebsd.org/ --

    What is FreeBSD?

    FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, DEC
    Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC(R) architectures. It is derived
    from BSD, the version of UNIX(R) developed at the University of
    California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large
    team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of
    development.

It's not Linux, although there are some similarities and both OSes can
run a large amount of software in common.

	Cheers,

	Matthew	

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26 The Paddocks
                                                      Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey         Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614                                  Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20031020/3abac8ed/attachment.bin