Guide to Unix/BSD

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Wikibooks Guide to Unix Computing

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Introduction | Why Unix-like | Platforms (Linux, BSD) | Explanations
Quick Reference (Commands, Environment Variables, Files)

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BSD → Introduction | External Links | Distributions (FreeBSD | Mac OS X | NetBSD | OpenBSD | Quasijarus)

Berkeley Software Distribution or BSD is a flavor of UNIX that was developed at the University of Calfornia, Berkeley. Today, the BSD or *BSD systems are free Unix-like operating systems based on the university's distribution. To honor this, these systems put BSD at the end of their names. The *BSD systems are DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.

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• Introduction how *BSD compares with other Unix-likes
• External Links learn more about *BSD

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• FreeBSD
• Mac OS X Darwin and BSD
• NetBSD very portable, runs in many places
• OpenBSD calls itself "free, functional, secure"
• Quasijarus an updated 4.3BSD-Tahoe for VAX

[edit] Other Wikibooks

Wikipedia has related information at Berkeley Software Distribution.

• A Neutral Look at Operating Systems has a comparison of the *BSD systems.
• Mac OS X Tiger