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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5240 ; Tue, 22 Dec 92 17:00:37 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!csrg2!davis From: davis@csrg2.ee.iastate.edu (Jim Davis) Subject: 386BSD vs Linux: major differences? Message-ID: <davis.724817863@csrg2> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 02:17:43 GMT Lines: 17 Although I use UNIX at work everyday, I am interested in tinkering with UNIX at home. It seems like 386BSD or Linux would fit my modest needs. I have been reading comp.unix.bsd and comp.os.linux for about a month; both groups seem to be very active and doing an excellent job of porting software and providing support to users. But I have wondered why there are two efforts to provide a free UNIX...is it just coincidence that two groups developed a distribution at about the same time? or did they have different goals? or is this a BSD vs. System-V thing? Without starting a flame war or anything like that, I would appreciate hearing about the major differences between BSD and Linux. "thanks in advance" Jim Davis davis@iastate.edu