To: ShadowAce
off topic but what does BSD and OSX have in common? i've heard OSX is BSD but not sure if that is true.
24 posted on
12/22/2005 1:43:20 PM PST by
postaldave
(i've given up on being mad in exchange for bitter sarcasm.)
To: postaldave
OSX is actually built on top of a BSD base.
IOW, the base BSD functionality (hardware access, etc) is BSD. OSX is the eye candy and user functionality on top of it that most users have come to identify as the OS.
25 posted on
12/22/2005 2:01:09 PM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: postaldave
off topic but what does BSD and OSX have in common? i've heard OSX is BSD but not sure if that is true. OSX has a FreeBSD user environment, which basically means that the UNIX-ish part of OSX looks like FreeBSD though the kernel and UI system are unique and not BSD based.
49 posted on
01/02/2006 12:21:14 AM PST by
tortoise
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