Re: [TCLUG:22179] freeBSD

[<andy@theasis.com>]

There's not much they can show you on a box that would distinguish *nix
and Unix-like OS's from each other. What they show you is pictures of a
gui interface, and sure, BSD and Linux can use pretty much the same set. 
BSD has a different development team which emphasizes different things --
I'm sure others can give you details about its advantages over Linux. 

I don't think it's as popular, but as you've seen on this list, there are
user groups, and probably a great community if you want to get into
it. But you should decide how many different flavors of unix-like OSs you
want to spend time on. 

Andy


> I was at the store last night and I saw freeBSD software being sold. It 
> grabbed my attention so I picked up the box and looked it over. Too my 
> amazement it looks similiar to Linux. How is BSD different from Linux? From 
> what I read on the box it didn't look like much. I guess that there is 
> probably more than meets the eye with this, so could someone please 
> elaborate for me? I think it was version 4.4.x or something. It had KDE and 
> I think GNOME and many of the same tools and programs as  the popular linux 
> distributions.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris Opp
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