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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!zib-berlin.de!irz401!uriah.heep!not-for-mail From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD 4.4/BSD 4.4lite diff Date: 5 Nov 1995 23:02:59 +0100 Organization: Private FreeBSD site, Dresden. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <47jcaj$mls@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <47f0ac$87g@crl6.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriah.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit S. Paul <caleb@crl.com> wrote: > > >can someone explain the basic differences between BSD4.4 & BSD4.4lite >or can you point me to a good source. 4.4Lite is the ``untainted'' source, as it has been blessed by the owners of UNIX after settling the BSD vs. USL suit. 4.4Lite is *not* a complete & runnable operating system (4.4BSD is). That's why you've got NetBSD 1 / FreeBSD 2 / BSD/OS 2. (The latter being the commercial brother.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)