Hi, From: "Don Hinkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What is a BSD/OS? Does it run on Intel machines? Does it run on Mac > servers? eh? BSD/OS refers to a variant of the Unix operating system that developed at UC Berkeley (BSD stands for Berkeley Software Distribution) in the 80's and 90's, and then given over to a freeware development group which distributed it as FreeBSD (and variants from this...) It is considered to be an exceptionally stable operating system, and was chosen to serve as base code for OS/X at some point. If I understand correctly, one of the primary coordinators of the FreeBSD effort (Jordan Hubbard) is now an Apple employee. So BSD/OS could refer to FreeBSD, Apple's initial variant (Darwin), or to OS/X which has many additional layers of software but is still BSD-based. FreeBSD is Intel-based, but there are variants for many machines, including a number of Macintosh platforms. (See below...) An aside: BSD is _not_ Linux; Though Linux does contain many utilities and improvements from the BSD system, Linux was primarily a compatible _rewrite_ of the Unix operating kernel, whereas BSD is part of the original tree... Best wishes, -greg p.s. You can find the (relatively) original FreeBSD code at www.freebsd.org. If you poke around for a while, you'll find NetBSD, a variant that has a Macintosh port. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
