It was developed by Linus Torvalds. |
It was developed by The FreeBSD Project. |
It was launched in 1991. |
It was launched in 1993. |
It is designed for personal computers of all companies. |
It is not designed for personal computers. |
Its target system types are embedded systems, mobile devices, personal computers, servers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers. |
Its target system types are server, workstation, NAS and embedded systems. |
Computer architectures supported by Linux are IA-32, x86-64, ARM, PowerPC, and SPARC. |
Computer architectures supported by FreeBSD are IA-32, x86-64, ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC. |
The kernel used in Linux is Monolithic. |
Its kernel type is Monolithic with modules. |
Its package management depends on the distribution. |
Its package management is Port collections/packages. |
Its native APIs are LINUX/POSIX. |
Its native APIs are BSD/POSIX. |
The file systems supported by Linux are ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, ReiserFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, and NFS. |
The file systems supported by FreeBSD are UFS2, ZFS, ext2, ext3, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, and NFS. |
It has the preferred license of GNU GPLv2 (kernel). |
It has a preferred license of BSD. |
Linux supports all types of Oracle or ERP applications. |
FreeBSD does not support any of the Oracle or ERP applications. |
Linux has good security. |
FreeBSD has better security than Linux. |
The non-native APIs supported through its subsystems are Mono, Java, Win16, and Win32. |
The non-native APIs supported through its subsystems are Mono, Java, Win16, Win32, and Linux. |