Xiaofan Chen wrote:

>>> And BSDs are more Unix-like than Linux. After all, BSDs are Unix.
>>
>> What is the difference between Unix and Linux (as used in this context)?
> 
> Unix is more difficult. Linux is better and easier. ;-) But seriously,
> since Linux (the kernel, etc) does not evolve from Unix code base, it is
> not Unix in a sense. BSDs are from Unix code base and they were called
> Unix before the law suit.

I understand the legal issue. And the codebase issue. But I don't
understand what you mean by "BSDs are more Unix-like than Linux". What does
"Unix-like" mean here? 

Thanks,
Gerhard

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