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;can someone give me a synopsis of the difference between system v and bsd style systems in linux?

;obviously, linux was based on the unix models, and i can look at this tree and see where they grew from, but what distros use each system model, and what are the opinions on each model?

;i read a little bit about it on the slacware site:

http://www.slackware.com/config/init.php

;treehead

treehead wrote:;can someone give me a synopsis of the difference between system v and bsd style systems in linux?

;obviously, linux was based on the unix models, and i can look at this tree and see where they grew from, but what distros use each system model, and what are the opinions on each model?

The picture you linked to is about as clear as it gets.

From memory (from what I've read, not from being there), I'll say that BSD was more "free," while Sys V tended to be more commercial. As far as the technical differences go, I don't think they were that drastic. The different init/start up script systems is the one you'll most often run into. There was a "merge" of sorts later in the Unix lifecycle, where some of the differences where ironed out.

Linux does some things BSD style, and some Sys V style.

If you want more info, ESR's book has a good chapter on the History. Check it out here. If you were wanting details on technical differences, I'm not sure where to look.

Check out episode 18 of bsdtalk for an interview with Marshall Kirk McKusick one of the very early BSD developers, he explains a lot of historical stuff related to the BSDs, good stuff.