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Berkeley Software Distribution is a Unix operating system

Berkeley Software Distribution is a Unix operating system developed from 1977 to 1994 and 4.4BSD is the last "original version" of it. Today, the term BSD is widely used to refer any descendants of the BSD and forks of its descendants that became influent enough.

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What allows BSD to run Linux binaries, but not vice versa?

What allows BSD to run Linux (and other Unix-like) binaries, but Linux (and other Unix-like for the most part) cannot run BSD binaries?
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What is BS"D in Mac OS X and iOS Internals?

I just received my copy of Mac OS X and iOS Internals, and there is something a little strange: Chapter 13: BS"D: The BSD Layer Is there an explanation for the extra quote ?
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If Linux runs well on a laptop, will BSD run too?

Is it a safe bet to assume that if Linux runs well (boot parameters not needed, everything (wifi, bluetooth, etc) works) in a laptop, BSD will run well too?
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BSD Virtual Private Servers

I know of a couple of VPS providers that support BSD distros (rootbsd and prgmr), but I'm wondering if anyone has any other solutions they'd recommend? Moreover, I'm very curious why BSD support in the VPS world has been lagging behind Linux. I know…
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Are there any resources for learn making BSD-like systems like NetBSD and OpenBSD?

Don't tell me learn LFS (Linux from scratch) and make your Linux distribution. I interested on BSD-like systems. I want to become like Theo de Raadt (founder and leader of the OpenBSD and NetBSD) and make some BSD-like systems. I want to know how…
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