Quoting Daniel Hawton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > SoloCDM wrote: > > Why do the ISOs seem to be three CDs of 600Mb each for RedHat compared > > to 1.5 CDs for FreeBSD? I thought the files were larger with FreeBSD > > and its tarballs. > > > > Does FreeBSD offer all the packages from A to Z in their CDs? > > There are some packages which are only available through FTP. Some > packages aren't included on CDs because 3 cds is a little excessive. > > > > Does FreeBSD come with an installation package? > > > > Is FreeBSD Linux or UNIX? > > > FreeBSD is a child of System V, so UNIX. Linux was written from scratch > by Linus with the GNU Public License, as opposed to FreeBSD which > originated from BSD, which originated from System V. > > -Daniel >
Actually no, FreeBSD is a child of 4.4BSD Lite 2, which had all the AT&T SYSV stuff yanked out. Ken _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
