BSD: What Is It, And How Is It Different From Linux?
How-To Geek, Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
BSD is descended from Unix, while Linux was written as a lookalike of Unix. BSD and Linux use different kernels and package managers. BSD is closer to a pure Unix experience.
Looking around at lesser-known operating systems, you've likely come across something called BSD, or FreeBSD. Both Linux and BSD are open source, Unix-like operating systems, but they're different. Here's what you need to know.
BSD Is Dead, Long Live BSD
Linux is a built-from-scratch facsimile of Unix, but BSD is actually descended from Unix. Unix is an operating system developed at Bell Labs in the late 1960s. When two of the Unix lead developers presented a paper at a conference in 1973, interested parties requested copies of their new OS.