Unix = Linux?
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Unix = Linux?
Hey,
i want to make a hosting-directory, and i'm categorizing all the different packages.
Now sometimes i see unix, sometimes linux.
I'm confused here, is it the same, or is there a difference between them?
It's gonna be a search option: windows, linux, ?unix?, ?maybe more?
somebody knows more about this?
greetings,
tom
i want to make a hosting-directory, and i'm categorizing all the different packages.
Now sometimes i see unix, sometimes linux.
I'm confused here, is it the same, or is there a difference between them?
It's gonna be a search option: windows, linux, ?unix?, ?maybe more?
somebody knows more about this?
greetings,
tom
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Re: Unix = Linux?
Start with looking up what the acronym linux means...
Linux Is Not UniX
Linux Is Not UniX
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Unix is one of the starting operating systems designed by Ken thompson, Dennis Ritchie (Author of C-Language) during 60s-1970s, parallely developed with C, or infact C is developed on Unix or Unix is developed from C(vice versa). Today any OS which operates are based on Unix and a bit of innoviations on it. Unix has networking feature very early stages itself. Unix has much more features than Linux and is not open source.
Linux is a unix like operating system, but not Unix.
Linux is a unix like operating system, but not Unix.
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Indeed... even DOS was stolen from an early UNIX.
Some reading about the history of linux:
http://liw.iki.fi/liw/texts/linux-the-big-picture.html
Some reading about the history of linux:
http://liw.iki.fi/liw/texts/linux-the-big-picture.html
Re: Unix = Linux?
It was originally a play on the lead author's name.. Linus (Torvalds).timvw wrote:Start with looking up what the acronym linux means...
Linux Is Not UniX
and if you ever want to solve the "How do you pronounce Linux?" argument: here is the man himself.
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http://www.computerhope.com/history/unix.htm
This is interesting. In 1991, Linus Torvalds apparently posted to a minix newsgroup the following:

This is interesting. In 1991, Linus Torvalds apparently posted to a minix newsgroup the following:
Famous last wordsThe man himself wrote:Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
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- Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, UnixWare are Unix in the general use of the term.
- Only AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, UnixWare are Registered Unix which means they have a license from the Open Group.
- OpenBSD and FreeBSD are not Registered Unix, but share common code from the original Unix.
- Linux is both not Registered Unix and does not share common code.
http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/single ... ation.html
http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html

- Only AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, UnixWare are Registered Unix which means they have a license from the Open Group.
- OpenBSD and FreeBSD are not Registered Unix, but share common code from the original Unix.
- Linux is both not Registered Unix and does not share common code.
http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/single ... ation.html
http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html

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