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- noun
Bahamian dollar - proper noun computing A
Unix -likeoperating system developed at the University of California inBerkeley .
Etymologies
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The term BSD refers to relatively senior people who will have been earning £1m plus for years
For better or nothing Ms Robinson 2008
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BSD is short for the Berkeley Software Distribution, a UNIX variant with origins at the California university.
LXer Linux News 2009
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BSD is short for the Berkeley Software Distribution, a UNIX variant with origins at the California university.
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After almost a year of trying to succeed in a difficult commercial climate, BSD is to cease publication.
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One sees this paradigm in BSD Unix, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and a host of such systems.
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When it comes to control and/or security, Linux or BSD is the most likely competitor.
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While I believe that at this point in time BSD is a better functioning product, Linux is catching up.
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I've been hearing for ages how stable and wonderful * BSD is (and I did consider it for the the new UFies. org server, but in the end decided that putting a system on the net that I didn't know about would be a Bad Thing:) but have never really tried it outside of VMWare a couple of times.
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BSD is based on the Unix of the early 70’s, however Linux is something that has started 20 years later, and it is almost as good as BSD.
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I agree that Macs are really great, and now that OS is based on BSD, that is especially true, but I think some (some, not all) of the posts have been more of a Mac vs. Windows debate rather than a Mac vs. PC debate.
The ultimate showdown Sean 2006
alexz commented on the word BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution
April 29, 2018