What is BSD.

kuldeepsidhu · 04-15-2008, 09:04 AM

what is BSD operating system?can i install this on my system which is running on windows xp...?

**koala** · 04-15-2008, 09:44 AM

BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) is a version of Unix. You can install it on your computer on a separate partition or drive to XP, then select which OS you want to use from the startup menu.

FreeBSD
PC-BSD

af3 · 06-24-2008, 07:23 AM

Is it free? If not, how much does it cost?

**koala** · 06-24-2008, 09:45 AM

The links in my last post go to sites where you can download the ISOs for free.

af3 · 06-24-2008, 09:54 AM

Does Wine or an equivelant emulation system work with BSD?

Which is better?
NetBSD?
FreeBSD?
OpenBSD?

Is the Unix kernel actively being updated in a manor similar to the Linux kernel?

**koala** · 06-24-2008, 10:06 AM

No idea, I've never used it.

If you want to do some googling, you could post your results here for others who might be interested.

wmorri · 06-24-2008, 07:32 PM

I feel that freeBSD is a great OS to install and run, if you enjoy running an os from a command line then yes you will be all set. As for the kernel updating, the answer is yes. I know that the kernel is still being updated, and revised. You can find the latest kernel from doing a google search.

Cheers!

**shuuhen** · 06-25-2008, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by af3

Does Wine or an equivelant emulation system work with BSD?

Should. Thats a nice thing about Unix-like operating systems. Much of your knowledge from one should work on another and programs written for one often work for most or all with a little tweaking in the code.

Quote:

Originally Posted by af3

Which is better?
NetBSD?
FreeBSD?
OpenBSD?

Personal preference? I like FreeBSD, although I've heard OpenBSD has the most secure default configuration of any operating system. NetBSD supports more architectures than you'll probably ever need. They all have advantages and disadvantages.

I haven't used OpenBSD or NetBSD, however I do use FreeBSD. The Gentoo package management system (Portage) was modeled after FreeBSD's Ports system. There's actually work being done to get Gentoo's system running on other operating systems than Linux, like FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

Quote:

Originally Posted by af3

Is the Unix kernel actively being updated in a manor similar to the Linux kernel?

Which system? FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD all have separate kernels. FreeBSD and OpenBSD definitely have a good amount of development work being done. NetBSD should too, but I haven't looked into it in a while, so I can't be sure. Solaris and Mac OS X are both Unix-likes as well (there are more, but I can't think of them at the moment) and have good development work being done.

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