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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jwbot@aol.com (Jwbot) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What is FreeBSD??? Date: 16 Mar 1997 16:34:19 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Lines: 9 Message-ID: <19970316163401.LAA17351@ladder01.news.aol.com> References: <33289AD3.59F7@gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder01.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37143 FreeBSD is a unix-based OS based on the Berkely Distribution sets of Unix in the 1970's-80's(?). It differs from Linux because linux is unix-like, whereas FreeBSD and NetBSD are all derived from the massive Unix operating systems (ie the Corporate ones). FreeBSD and NetBSD, imho, are commonly used in the non-commercial aspects and are pretty much free at www.freebsd.org and www.netbsd.org John Westerlund