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synonymous with <quote>Operating System</quote>, but it is not the only
open source &unix; operating system. According
to the <ulink
url="http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/data/r.9904.txt">Internet
url="http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/data/r.9904.txt">Internet
Operating System Counter</ulink>, as of April 1999 31.3% of the
world's network connected machines run Linux. 14.6% run BSD &unix;.
Some of the world's largest web operations, such as <ulink
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<listitem>
<para>The C library, the base API for the system.</para>
<para><emphasis>The BSD C library is based on code from Berkeley, not
the GNU project.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Utilities such as shells, file utilities, compilers and
linkers.</para>
<para><emphasis>Some of the utilities are derived from the GNU
project, others are not.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
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<sect1>
<title>Why is BSD not better known?</title>
<para>For a number of reasons, BSD is relatively unknown:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The BSD developers are often more interested in polishing their
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</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>How does the BSD license differ from the GNU Public
license?</title>
<para>Linux is available under the
<ulink url="http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
License</ulink> (GPL), which is designed to eliminate closed
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<para>What does this all mean in practice? Who should use BSD, who
should use Linux?</para>
<para>This is a very difficult question to answer. Here are some
guidelines:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><quote>If it ain't broke, don't fix it</quote>: If you already
use an open source operating system, and you are happy with it,
there is probably no good reason to change.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>BSD systems, in particular FreeBSD, can have notably higher
performance than Linux. But this is not across the board. In many
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<sect2>
<title>Who provides support, service, and training for BSD?</title>
<para>BSDi have always supported BSD/OS, and they have recently
announced support contracts for FreeBSD.</para>