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BSD
BSD, standing for Berkeley Software Distribution, 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 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: the most popular, quite "Linuxy".
- NetBSD: focus on portability.
- OpenBSD: quite hysterical with "security features", but quite functional as its contributors actually daily drive it.