<|im_start|>user
Is FreeBSD a Linux distribution?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
No. FreeBSD is complete operating system that descends from the original Unix system through the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) development-line. Linux is a family of operating system distributions packaged by third parties, using the Linux Kernel. The licensing of FreeBSD is also available under a permissive BSD license while Linux is uses a copy-left based GPL license.<|im_end|>
