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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!neoucom.edu!aldhfn!saxon!fletcher From: fletcher@saxon.UUCP (Edward F Eaglehouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: *BSD confusion Distribution: world Message-ID: <fletcher.061f@saxon.UUCP> Reply-To: fletcher@saxon.aldhfn.org X-NewsSoftware: GRn 2.0 (16.8.93) by Michael B. Smith & Mike Schwartz MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 28 Aug 94 14:24:23 EST Organization: Auldhaefen Associates Lines: 12 I've been following this newsgroup for only a couple of months, but I have noticed several different terms for BSD-derived OSes: BDSI, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and 386BSD. Can someone explain what these various flavors of *BSD are? [I don't have the complete FAQ yet] -- Ed or Fletcher (pick appropriate name | Don't you hate it when you wake up depending on which universe you're in) | naked in the middle of a cornfield Internet: fletcher@saxon.aldhfn.org | with the tail of a dead rodent hang- Usenet: saxon!fletcher | ing from the corner of your mouth?