# BSD
BSD, standing for **B**erkeley **S**oftware **D**istribution, is a family of libre (BSD license) Unix-like operating systems.

The BSDs are a direct descendant of the original Unix operating system, unlike [Linux](linux.md) which could
be considered as a "clean room" implementation of Unix.

Compared to Linux, BSDs have managed to keep the bloat in check and a reasonable codebase.

{ I've yet to try a BSD, so anything written here (as of now) is from an "outsider" perspective, forgive any erroneous statements ~tocariimaa }

## Main BSD distros
- [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/): the most popular, quite "Linuxy".
- [NetBSD](https://netbsd.org/): focus on portability.
- [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/): quite hysterical with "security features", but quite functional as its contributors actually daily drive it.

## See Also
- [Linux](linux.md)
- [Unix](unix.md)