Linux And FreeBSD
Difference between FreeBSD and Linux:
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Difference
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FreeBSD
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Linux
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Definition
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FreeBSD is a Unix like operating
system. It is based on BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) series of Unix
variants.
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Linux is also an open source
operating system which is modeled on UNIX. They are quiet same in
performance. However, some differences occur in aspects like License, etc.
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Company Developer
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The FreeBSD Project
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Community
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License
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BSD
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GPL
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Initial Release
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1993
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1991
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Kernel Type
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Monolithic with dynamically loadable
modules
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Monolithic (Linux kernel)
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Source Availability
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Necessary sources accompany FreeBSD
to recreate the base system
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Mostly developed by open source
licenses
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Integrated Firewall
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IPFW2, IPFilter, and PF firewalls.
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Netfilter firewall, normally managed
with the iptables front end
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Nomenclature
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Uses a different name for each device
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Predefined names for each device type
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Version Representation
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Kernel has two numbers, first for the
major version and second for the minor new releases
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The first number represents the major
version number—at the moment this is ‘2’; the second number indicates if it
is a stable (even number) or development version (odd number); last number is
patch number
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