Have you ever even heard of the BSD OS?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:40:30 -0400

And many people think Linux is the only black sheep of Operating Systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution

Berkeley Software Distribution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) is a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995. Today the term "BSD" is often used non-specifically to refer to any of the BSD descendants which together form a branch of the family of Unix-like operating systems. Operating systems derived from the original BSD code remain actively...

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2015 8:44 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:44:29 -0400

Yes...
Checkout http://www.distrowatch.com

Im preferable to debian, ie ununtu and mint just to name a few. Started out with slackware, but in the end its all the same.

Debian to me has a better package manager, just man apt-get, it even says there it has super cow powers!!

Die windoze... Live linux/unix.

My question to you now is, what, if any is the differnce between linux and unix....

Response by CPT Bob Moore made Jun 9 at 2015 8:45 PM

CPT Bob Moore — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:45:01 -0400

I've used several operating systems other than Windows and MacOS. I used Unix (in the military) and several versions of Linux.

I had some friends that played around with OpenBSD, but I've never used any BSD OS.

Response by LCpl Mark Lefler made Jun 9 at 2015 8:48 PM

LCpl Mark Lefler — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:48:47 -0400

i remember other versions of unix bsd, sko etc...

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2015 8:50 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:50:31 -0400

BSD is just the open source and free version released by berkely. Where as other Unix systems are not free such as Oracle, OS X, ect.. It's definitely not linux

Response by Sgt Cody Dumont made Jun 9 at 2015 9:22 PM

Sgt Cody Dumont — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:22:39 -0400

OS X runs on a BSD kernal. I use all versions of *niux.

Response by SFC Maury Gonzalez made Jun 9 at 2015 9:47 PM

SFC Maury Gonzalez — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:47:18 -0400

I dual boot my inspiron with windows 8.1 and Ubuntu /kubuntu, have dell optilex with mint 17.1

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 10 at 2015 2:35 AM

PO1 John Miller — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 02:35:28 -0400

I worked in IT in the Navy, studied IT in college, and continue to work in IT as a government contractor. Yes I've heard of BSD, LOL.

With that said, it was really just a copy of UNIX, nothing special about it in my opinion.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 10 at 2015 8:13 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:13:46 -0400

Yes. That is what the Juniper virtualized router image runs on.

Response by SSgt Thomas L. made Jun 10 at 2015 8:06 PM

SSgt Thomas L. — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:06:40 -0400

BSD is actually used a lot more often than you would think. I use a build of BSD called pfSense. It's basically a software router that lets you use a computer with more than one MAC address (even, say, a laptop with an ethernet port and a wireless card) as a router or a switch. It's a small install, less than 300 megs. I use it in virtual environments.

Response by Cpl Robert Crockett made Jul 11 at 2015 12:28 AM

Cpl Robert Crockett — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:28:03 -0400

I've built a DragonFly BSD in a virtual environment under Qemu. I never could get the drivers squared away to install to my desktop itself. This was about 5 years back. It's similar to a Slackware install where you've got to create your partitions, size them, specify the type of partition, etc., etc. It's a good way to further learn the *nix way of doing things.

Response by SGT Gil Jensen made Jul 14 at 2015 7:37 AM

SGT Gil Jensen — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:37:11 -0400

It is also the distro that the MAC OS X is based on.

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Dec 4 at 2015 3:53 PM

LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:53:01 -0500

A BSD OS - is that a bad play on Microsoft's legacy?

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Dec 4 at 2015 6:33 PM

SSG Ed Mikus — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:33:30 -0500

BSD is an important part of OS history. it is/was a staple in the development of many of today's Linux products.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 4 at 2015 11:31 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:31:04 -0500

Heard of it. Never futzed with it. I load up Ubuntu once in awhile, but I mostly prefer Windows and Mac OS X.

Response by SPC Jared Bever made Dec 7 at 2015 2:57 PM

SPC Jared Bever — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:57:41 -0500

Dsd has been around for a long time i only managed to get a copy of it a year ago

Response by Cpl Robert Crockett made May 13 at 2016 10:20 PM

Cpl Robert Crockett — Fri, 13 May 2016 22:20:53 -0400

I did a DragonFly install about years back. The naming standard and conventions are slightly different than with Linux, but you shouldn't feel out of place working with Unix. It's similar to doing a Slackware install, in that you have to create and define all the partitions you are going to use. I think the installers have gotten better since then, but the BSD Unix distros don't tend to hold your hand like the more popular Linux.

It's a good way to learn the architecture at the barebones level. I would suggest doing your install on a VM and learn the ropes before installing to a bare metal machine. Any way you cut it, it's still better than Windows.

Response by PO3 Rick Kundiger made Jun 1 at 2016 8:49 PM

PO3 Rick Kundiger — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:49:08 -0400

BSD has been around for quite a while. About 20 years. There are a lot of things which run on it and one OS that many people world-wide know of has its roots in BSD: Apple's OS X. In the data center I believe NetApp is BSD-based. There are other things as well. Some firewalls are BSD-based for example. It is used because of its license and because of its stability.

Response by SSG John Erny made Jun 6 at 2016 5:31 PM

SSG John Erny — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:31:54 -0400

Beastie :-)