FreeBSD for Linux Users by Dru Lavigne -- BSD and Linux are both Unix workalikes. How different can they be? In certain cases, very! Though the systems share a family tree, their differences sometimes stand out. Dru Lavigne explains FreeBSD's runlevels, startup scripts, kernel configuration, and documentation systems to Linux users.
As noted in a comment to the original article, there are exceptions the the usual sysV runlevels initialization style in linux. Slackware, for example, uses a BSD-style layout for init scripts. Overall this is a great article for anybody interested in trying the other OS. I recommend trying both and I use both myself for different tasks.
11/19/04: Differences Between Linux and FreeBSD
FreeBSD for Linux Users by Dru Lavigne -- BSD and Linux are both Unix workalikes. How different can they be? In certain cases, very! Though the systems share a family tree, their differences sometimes stand out. Dru Lavigne explains FreeBSD's runlevels, startup scripts, kernel configuration, and documentation systems to Linux users.
As noted in a comment to the original article, there are exceptions the the usual sysV runlevels initialization style in linux. Slackware, for example, uses a BSD-style layout for init scripts. Overall this is a great article for anybody interested in trying the other OS. I recommend trying both and I use both myself for different tasks.