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0 pointsLoganDark18d ago0 comments

FreeBSD is not a distro. It's not even Linux; it's a completely different kernel and operating system that traces back to even before Linux. It's honestly closer to Darwin than it is to Linux; macOS is technically a BSD. (Not FreeBSD though.)

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steve197718d ago

Darwin is its own thing really. There are parts from BSD, there are also parts from Mach and there are also unique parts.

LoganDarkOP18d ago

Of course. Linux does not share any heritage with BSD though.

Melatonic18d ago

Except that they are both based on Unix and (generally) made to run on x86 processors. Which is a pretty big similarity

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