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"In the open source world, the word \"Linux\" is almost synonymous with "
"\"Operating System\", but it is not the only open source UNIX(R) operating "
"system."
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"So what is the secret? Why is BSD not better known? This white paper "
"addresses these and other questions."
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"Throughout this paper, differences between BSD and Linux will be noted "
"__like this__."
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"BSD stands for \"Berkeley Software Distribution\".  It is the name of "
"distributions of source code from the University of California, Berkeley, "
"which were originally extensions to AT&T's Research UNIX(R) operating "
"system.  Several open source operating system projects are based on a "
"release of this source code known as 4.4BSD-Lite.  In addition, they "
"comprise a number of packages from other Open Source projects, including "
"notably the GNU project.  The overall operating system comprises:"
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"The BSD kernel, which handles process scheduling, memory management, "
"symmetric multi-processing (SMP), device drivers, etc."
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msgid "The C library, the base API for the system."
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"__The BSD C library is based on code from Berkeley, not the GNU project.__"
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msgid "Utilities such as shells, file utilities, compilers and linkers."
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"__Some of the utilities are derived from the GNU project, others are not.__"
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msgid "The X Window system, which handles graphical display."
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"The X Window system used in most versions of BSD is maintained by the http://"
"www.X.org/[X.Org project].  FreeBSD allows the user to choose from a variety "
"of desktop environments, such as Gnome, KDE, or Xfce; and lightweight window "
"managers like Openbox, Fluxbox, or Awesome."
msgstr ""

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msgid "Many other programs and utilities."
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"The BSD operating systems are not clones, but open source derivatives of "
"AT&T's Research UNIX(R) operating system, which is also the ancestor of the "
"modern UNIX(R) System V.  This may surprise you.  How could that happen when "
"AT&T has never released its code as open source?"
msgstr ""

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"It is true that AT&T UNIX(R) is not open source, and in a copyright sense "
"BSD is very definitely _not_ UNIX(R), but on the other hand, AT&T has "
"imported sources from other projects, noticeably the Computer Sciences "
"Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California in Berkeley, CA. "
"Starting in 1976, the CSRG started releasing tapes of their software, "
"calling them _Berkeley Software Distribution_ or __BSD__."
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"Initial BSD releases consisted mainly of user programs, but that changed "
"dramatically when the CSRG landed a contract with the Defense Advanced "
"Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to upgrade the communications protocols on "
"their network, ARPANET.  The new protocols were known as the __Internet "
"Protocols__, later _TCP/IP_ after the most important protocols.  The first "
"widely distributed implementation was part of 4.2BSD, in 1982."
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"In the course of the 1980s, a number of new workstation companies sprang "
"up.  Many preferred to license UNIX(R) rather than developing operating "
"systems for themselves.  In particular, Sun Microsystems licensed UNIX(R) "
"and implemented a version of 4.2BSD, which they called SunOS(TM).  When AT&T "
"themselves were allowed to sell UNIX(R) commercially, they started with a "
"somewhat bare-bones implementation called System III, to be quickly followed "
"by System V.  The System V code base did not include networking, so all "
"implementations included additional software from the BSD, including the TCP/"
"IP software, but also utilities such as the _csh_ shell and the _vi_ "
"editor.  Collectively, these enhancements were known as the __Berkeley "
"Extensions__."
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"The BSD tapes contained AT&T source code and thus required a UNIX(R) source "
"license.  By 1990, the CSRG's funding was running out, and it faced "
"closure.  Some members of the group decided to release the BSD code, which "
"was Open Source, without the AT&T proprietary code.  This finally happened "
"with the __Networking Tape 2__, usually known as __Net/2__.  Net/2 was not a "
"complete operating system: about 20% of the kernel code was missing.  One of "
"the CSRG members, William F. Jolitz, wrote the remaining code and released "
"it in early 1992 as __386BSD__.  At the same time, another group of ex-CSRG "
"members formed a commercial company called http://www.bsdi.com/[Berkeley "
"Software Design Inc.] and released a beta version of an operating system "
"called http://www.bsdi.com/[BSD/386], which was based on the same sources.  "
"The name of the operating system was later changed to BSD/OS."
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"386BSD never became a stable operating system.  Instead, two other projects "
"split off from it in 1993: http://www.NetBSD.org/[NetBSD] and link:https://"
"www.FreeBSD.org/[FreeBSD].  The two projects originally diverged due to "
"differences in patience waiting for improvements to 386BSD: the NetBSD "
"people started early in the year, and the first version of FreeBSD was not "
"ready until the end of the year.  In the meantime, the code base had "
"diverged sufficiently to make it difficult to merge.  In addition, the "
"projects had different aims, as we will see below. In 1996, http://"
"www.OpenBSD.org/[OpenBSD] split off from NetBSD, and in 2003, http://"
"www.dragonflybsd.org/[DragonFlyBSD] split off from FreeBSD."
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msgid "For a number of reasons, BSD is relatively unknown:"
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"The BSD developers are often more interested in polishing their code than "
"marketing it."
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"Much of Linux's popularity is due to factors external to the Linux projects, "
"such as the press, and to companies formed to provide Linux services. Until "
"recently, the open source BSDs had no such proponents."
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"In 1992, AT&T sued http://www.bsdi.com/[BSDI], the vendor of BSD/386, "
"alleging that the product contained AT&T-copyrighted code. The case was "
"settled out of court in 1994, but the spectre of the litigation continues to "
"haunt people. In March 2000 an article published on the web claimed that the "
"court case had been \"recently settled\"."
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"One detail that the lawsuit did clarify is the naming: in the 1980s, BSD was "
"known as \"BSD UNIX(R)\".  With the elimination of the last vestige of AT&T "
"code from BSD, it also lost the right to the name UNIX(R).  Thus you will "
"see references in book titles to \"the 4.3BSD UNIX(R) operating system\" and "
"\"the 4.4BSD operating system\"."
msgstr ""

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"So what is really the difference between, say, Debian Linux and FreeBSD? For "
"the average user, the difference is surprisingly small: Both are UNIX(R) "
"like operating systems.  Both are developed by non-commercial projects (this "
"does not apply to many other Linux distributions, of course).  In the "
"following section, we will look at BSD and compare it to Linux.  The "
"description applies most closely to FreeBSD, which accounts for an estimated "
"80% of the BSD installations, but the differences from NetBSD, OpenBSD and "
"DragonFlyBSD are small."
msgstr ""

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"No one person or corporation owns BSD.  It is created and distributed by a "
"community of highly technical and committed contributors all over the "
"world.  Some of the components of BSD are Open Source projects in their own "
"right and managed by different project maintainers."
msgstr ""

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"The BSD kernels are developed and updated following the Open Source "
"development model.  Each project maintains a publicly accessible _source "
"tree_ which contains all source files for the project, including "
"documentation and other incidental files.  Users can obtain a complete copy "
"of any version."
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"A large number of developers worldwide contribute to improvements to BSD.  "
"They are divided into three kinds:"
msgstr ""

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"_Contributors_ write code or documentation. They are not permitted to commit "
"(add code) directly to the source tree. For their code to be included in the "
"system, it must be reviewed and checked in by a registered developer, known "
"as a __committer__."
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"_Committers_ are developers with write access to the source tree. To become "
"a committer, an individual must show ability in the area in which they are "
"active."
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"It is at the individual committer's discretion whether they should obtain "
"authority before committing changes to the source tree.  In general, an "
"experienced committer may make changes which are obviously correct without "
"obtaining consensus.  For example, a documentation project committer may "
"correct typographical or grammatical errors without review.  On the other "
"hand, developers making far-reaching or complicated changes are expected to "
"submit their changes for review before committing them.  In extreme cases, a "
"core team member with a function such as Principal Architect may order that "
"changes be removed from the tree, a process known as _backing out_.  All "
"committers receive mail describing each individual commit, so it is not "
"possible to commit secretly."
msgstr ""

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"The _Core team_. FreeBSD and NetBSD each have a core team which manages the "
"project. The core teams developed in the course of the projects, and their "
"role is not always well-defined. It is not necessary to be a developer to be "
"a core team member, though it is normal. The rules for the core team vary "
"from one project to the other, but in general they have more say in the "
"direction of the project than non-core team members have."
msgstr ""

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"No one person controls the content of the system. In practice, this "
"difference is overrated, since the Principal Architect can require that code "
"be backed out, and even in the Linux project several people are permitted to "
"make changes."
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"On the other hand, there _is_ a central repository, a single place where you "
"can find the entire operating system sources, including all older versions."
msgstr ""

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"BSD projects maintain the entire \"Operating System\", not only the kernel. "
"This distinction is only marginally useful: neither BSD nor Linux is useful "
"without applications. The applications used under BSD are frequently the "
"same as the applications used under Linux."
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"As a result of the formalized maintenance of a single Git source tree, BSD "
"development is clear, and it is possible to access any version of the system "
"by release number or by date. Git also allows incremental updates to the "
"system: for example, the FreeBSD repository is updated about 100 times a "
"day. Most of these changes are small."
msgstr ""

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"FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD provide the system in three different "
"\"releases\".  As with Linux, releases are assigned a number such as 1.4.1 "
"or 3.5.  In addition, the version number has a suffix indicating its purpose:"
msgstr ""

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"The development version of the system is called _CURRENT_. FreeBSD assigns a "
"number to CURRENT, for example FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT. NetBSD uses a slightly "
"different naming scheme and appends a single-letter suffix which indicates "
"changes in the internal interfaces, for example NetBSD 1.4.3G. OpenBSD does "
"not assign a number (\"OpenBSD-current\"). All new development on the system "
"goes into this branch."
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"At regular intervals, between two and four times a year, the projects bring "
"out a _RELEASE_ version of the system, which is available on CD-ROM and for "
"free download from FTP sites, for example OpenBSD 2.6-RELEASE or NetBSD 1.4-"
"RELEASE. The RELEASE version is intended for end users and is the normal "
"version of the system. NetBSD also provides _patch releases_ with a third "
"digit, for example NetBSD 1.4.2."
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"As bugs are found in a RELEASE version, they are fixed, and the fixes are "
"added to the Git tree. In FreeBSD, the resultant version is called the "
"_STABLE_ version, while in NetBSD and OpenBSD it continues to be called the "
"RELEASE version. Smaller new features can also be added to this branch after "
"a period of test in the CURRENT branch. Security and other important bug "
"fixes are also applied to all supported RELEASE versions."
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"_By contrast, Linux maintains two separate code trees: the stable version "
"and the development version.  Stable versions have an even minor version "
"number, such as 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4.  Development versions have an odd minor "
"version number, such as 2.1, 2.3 or 2.5.  In each case, the number is "
"followed by a further number designating the exact release.  In addition, "
"each vendor adds their own userland programs and utilities, so the name of "
"the distribution is also important.  Each distribution vendor also assigns "
"version numbers to the distribution, so a complete description might be "
"something like \"TurboLinux 6.0 with kernel 2.2.14\"_"
msgstr ""

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"In contrast to the numerous Linux distributions, there are only four major "
"open source BSDs. Each BSD project maintains its own source tree and its own "
"kernel. In practice, though, there appear to be fewer divergences between "
"the userland code of the projects than there is in Linux."
msgstr ""

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"It is difficult to categorize the goals of each project: the differences are "
"very subjective. Basically,"
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"FreeBSD aims for high performance and ease of use by end users, and is a "
"favourite of web content providers. It runs on a link:https://"
"www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/[number of platforms] and has significantly more "
"users than the other projects."
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"NetBSD aims for maximum portability: \"of course it runs NetBSD\". It runs "
"on machines from palmtops to large servers, and has even been used on NASA "
"space missions. It is a particularly good choice for running on old non-"
"Intel(R) hardware."
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"OpenBSD aims for security and code purity: it uses a combination of the open "
"source concept and rigorous code reviews to create a system which is "
"demonstrably correct, making it the choice of security-conscious "
"organizations such as banks, stock exchanges and US Government departments. "
"Like NetBSD, it runs on a number of platforms."
msgstr ""

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"DragonFlyBSD aims for high performance and scalability under everything from "
"a single-node UP system to a massively clustered system. DragonFlyBSD has "
"several long-range technical goals, but focus lies on providing a SMP-"
"capable infrastructure that is easy to understand, maintain and develop for."
msgstr ""

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"There are also two additional BSD UNIX(R) operating systems which are not "
"open source, BSD/OS and Apple's Mac OS(R) X:"
msgstr ""

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"BSD/OS was the oldest of the 4.4BSD derivatives. It was not open source, "
"though source code licenses were available at relatively low cost. It "
"resembled FreeBSD in many ways. Two years after the acquisition of BSDi by "
"Wind River Systems, BSD/OS failed to survive as an independent product. "
"Support and source code may still be available from Wind River, but all new "
"development is focused on the VxWorks embedded operating system."
msgstr ""

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"http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/[Mac OS(R) X] is the latest version of "
"the operating system for Apple(R)'s Mac(R) line. The BSD core of this "
"operating system, http://developer.apple.com/darwin/[Darwin], is available "
"as a fully functional open source operating system for x86 and PPC "
"computers. The Aqua/Quartz graphics system and many other proprietary "
"aspects of Mac OS(R) X remain closed-source, however. Several Darwin "
"developers are also FreeBSD committers, and vice-versa."
msgstr ""

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msgstr ""

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"Linux is available under the http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html[GNU "
"General Public License] (GPL), which is designed to eliminate closed source "
"software.  In particular, any derivative work of a product released under "
"the GPL must also be supplied with source code if requested.  By contrast, "
"the http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html[BSD license] is less "
"restrictive: binary-only distributions are allowed.  This is particularly "
"attractive for embedded applications."
msgstr ""

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msgstr ""

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"Since fewer applications are available for BSD than Linux, the BSD "
"developers created a Linux compatibility package, which allows Linux "
"programs to run under BSD.  The package includes both kernel modifications, "
"to correctly perform Linux system calls, and Linux compatibility files such "
"as the C library.  There is no noticeable difference in execution speed "
"between a Linux application running on a Linux machine and a Linux "
"application running on a BSD machine of the same speed."
msgstr ""

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"The \"all from one supplier\" nature of BSD means that upgrades are much "
"easier to handle than is frequently the case with Linux.  BSD handles "
"library version upgrades by providing compatibility modules for earlier "
"library versions, so it is possible to run binaries which are several years "
"old with no problems."
msgstr ""

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msgstr ""

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"What does this all mean in practice? Who should use BSD, who should use "
"Linux?"
msgstr ""

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msgid "This is a very difficult question to answer.  Here are some guidelines:"
msgstr ""

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"\"If it ain't broke, don't fix it\": If you already use an open source "
"operating system, and you are happy with it, there is probably no good "
"reason to change."
msgstr ""

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"BSD systems, in particular FreeBSD, can have notably higher performance than "
"Linux. But this is not across the board. In many cases, there is little or "
"no difference in performance. In some cases, Linux may perform better than "
"FreeBSD."
msgstr ""

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"In general, BSD systems have a better reputation for reliability, mainly as "
"a result of the more mature code base."
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"BSD projects have a better reputation for the quality and completeness of "
"their documentation. The various documentation projects aim to provide "
"actively updated documentation, in many languages, and covering all aspects "
"of the system."
msgstr ""

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msgid "The BSD license may be more attractive than the GPL."
msgstr ""

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"BSD can execute most Linux binaries, while Linux can not execute BSD "
"binaries. Many BSD implementations can also execute binaries from other "
"UNIX(R) like systems. As a result, BSD may present an easier migration route "
"from other systems than Linux would."
msgstr ""

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msgid "Who provides support, service, and training for BSD?"
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"Each of the projects has a list of consultants for hire: link:https://"
"www.FreeBSD.org/commercial/consult_bycat/[FreeBSD], http://www.netbsd.org/"
"gallery/consultants.html[NetBSD], and http://www.openbsd.org/"
"support.html[OpenBSD]."
msgstr ""