BSD

• This is a reference note so that various other notes can link back to it - usually as a point of contrast for how things differ compared to Linux

• Be sure to check the Backlinks of this note

• BSD is the origin for a lot of modern computing paradigms including

  • TCP/IP
  • Virtual Memory
  • vim

BSD Philosophy

• http://www.linfo.org/unix-like.html

Modern Examples

Although the original BSD system is discontinued, there are several currently maintained BSD distributions:

• https://www.openbsd.org/
• https://www.freebsd.org/
• https://www.netbsd.org/