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* FreeBSD in a UNIX like operating system created at Berkeley University in the 1980s. UNIX as a whole has been around since Bell Laboratories created it in 1969 and today there are a variety of UNIX distributions to use. | * FreeBSD in a UNIX like operating system created at Berkeley University in the 1980s. UNIX as a whole has been around since Bell Laboratories created it in 1969 and today there are a variety of UNIX distributions to use. | ||
| − | * FreeBSD will always be free | + | * FreeBSD will always be free. Many companies use BSD for its products like, DVD players, watches, etc because of its license. |
* FreeBSD has a well structured development model that consists of, developers, committers to packages, and the core team which differs from Linux. | * FreeBSD has a well structured development model that consists of, developers, committers to packages, and the core team which differs from Linux. | ||
* The ports tree has over 23k programs | * The ports tree has over 23k programs | ||
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==FreeBSD File System Structure== | ==FreeBSD File System Structure== | ||
| − | The UFS file system is straight forward. | + | The UFS file system is straight forward. Here is a screen shoot of the root file system: |
Revision as of 15:26, 8 January 2015
FreeBSD?
- FreeBSD in a UNIX like operating system created at Berkeley University in the 1980s. UNIX as a whole has been around since Bell Laboratories created it in 1969 and today there are a variety of UNIX distributions to use.
- FreeBSD will always be free. Many companies use BSD for its products like, DVD players, watches, etc because of its license.
- FreeBSD has a well structured development model that consists of, developers, committers to packages, and the core team which differs from Linux.
- The ports tree has over 23k programs
- Access to FreeBSD information is easy to obtain via: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/
- Access to developers, committers and the community is easy to find.
- Unlike Lunix which every distro can place files and folders in different locations BSD has come to a standard file structure.
- FreeBSD provides 1/3rd of the Internet traffic through Netflix
FreeBSD File System Structure
The UFS file system is straight forward. Here is a screen shoot of the root file system:
