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Originally posted by raceprouk
No, Unix is Unix. FreeBSD is one of the three BSDs that are based on Unix. Linux is also based on Unix.

Incorrect. The BSD branch is -the- closest thing around to the original Unix. Hence, for all accounts and purposes it IS Unix.

Linux is NOT derived from Unix source code, but its interfaces are intentionally like Unix. Therefore, Unix lessons learned generally apply to both, including information on security.

Originally, the term "Unix'' meant a particular product developed by AT&T. The history of Unix is somewhat convoluted. The academic community, led by Berkeley, developed a variant called the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), while AT&T continued developing Unix under the names "System III'' and later "System V''. System V ended up incorporating many BSD innovations, so the resulting system was more a merger of the two branches.

That merger, in essence, makes BSD Unix.

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01-21-2006 12:51 PM
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Linux - by Voldemort on 01-19-2006 at 10:15 PM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-19-2006 at 10:19 PM
RE: Linux - by Voldemort on 01-19-2006 at 10:22 PM
RE: Linux - by emit on 01-19-2006 at 10:25 PM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-19-2006 at 10:28 PM
RE: Linux - by RaceProUK on 01-19-2006 at 10:35 PM
RE: Linux - by Voldemort on 01-19-2006 at 10:46 PM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-19-2006 at 11:04 PM
RE: Linux - by MaRy! on 01-19-2006 at 11:08 PM
RE: RE: Linux - by rav0 on 01-21-2006 at 01:31 PM
RE: Linux - by Voldemort on 01-19-2006 at 11:22 PM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-20-2006 at 01:29 AM
RE: Linux - by Voldemort on 01-20-2006 at 01:37 AM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-20-2006 at 02:06 AM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-20-2006 at 02:09 AM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-20-2006 at 02:56 AM
RE: Linux - by emit on 01-21-2006 at 12:51 PM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-21-2006 at 12:56 PM
RE: Linux - by emit on 01-21-2006 at 12:59 PM
RE: Linux - by RaceProUK on 01-21-2006 at 09:59 PM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-21-2006 at 10:04 PM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-22-2006 at 02:54 AM
RE: Linux - by ShawnZ on 01-22-2006 at 03:10 AM
RE: Linux - by Dane on 01-22-2006 at 04:21 AM
RE: Linux - by Hank on 01-22-2006 at 07:25 AM
RE: RE: Linux - by rav0 on 01-22-2006 at 10:44 AM
RE: Linux - by Jhrono on 01-22-2006 at 12:27 PM
RE: Linux - by ShawnZ on 01-22-2006 at 03:03 PM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-22-2006 at 03:03 PM
RE: Linux - by ShawnZ on 01-22-2006 at 03:06 PM
RE: Linux - by Jhrono on 01-22-2006 at 03:16 PM
RE: Linux - by ShawnZ on 01-22-2006 at 03:21 PM
RE: Linux - by brian on 01-22-2006 at 03:47 PM
RE: Linux - by emit on 01-23-2006 at 12:29 AM
RE: Linux - by aNILEator on 01-23-2006 at 10:48 AM
RE: Linux - by ShawnZ on 01-23-2006 at 12:50 PM
RE: Linux - by RaceProUK on 01-24-2006 at 01:17 PM
RE: Linux - by Snake on 01-24-2006 at 09:40 PM
RE: Linux - by spokes on 01-24-2006 at 09:49 PM
RE: Linux - by emit on 01-26-2006 at 04:38 PM
RE: Linux - by Kryptonate on 01-26-2006 at 04:43 PM


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