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Diff between linux and unix?
Name: matt Date: December 19, 2000 at 15:04:03 Pacific
Name: Calispell Date: December 19, 2000 at 22:02:32 Pacific
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Linux is just a kind of Unix. Except for Solaris, Unixes are expensive products mostly put out by computer companies. For example, IBM produces AIX and several other varieties of Unix, of which AIX is the cheapest. However, they will only run on PowerPC-based systems, whereas Linux will run on over 30 different hardware chipsets. If you have a Pentium, then Linux and Solaris are the only two viable choices (also FreeBSD, but that is very close to Linux).
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Name: Calispell Date: December 20, 2000 at 01:43:46 Pacific
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Yup, and Mac OS X, if it ever does come out (already 3 months late), will run FreeBSD, another type of Unix.
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Response Number 3
Name: aaron Date: December 20, 2000 at 15:25:55 Pacific
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I thought Apple's MAC OSX was a couple of *years* late.
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Response Number 4
Name: fluty Date: December 21, 2000 at 13:00:21 Pacific
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From what I have heard, Linux is though incorporates many features of UNIX, is a completely rewritten OS by Linus Torvalds. It is not a flavor of unix.
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Response Number 5
Name: James Date: December 22, 2000 at 13:59:29 Pacific
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Linux is a Unix clone. The arch is a little more modern in Linux but achieves a similar objective in usability. The big Unix vendors still tend to have better smp code which is why Solaris can run 64 processor E10ks. Users and admins will find they are very similar and tend to follow the POSIX standard(a portable standard for application interface).
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Response Number 6
Name: Ryan Cooley Date: December 24, 2000 at 04:39:06 Pacific
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Yes, the kind of responses I come to expect on this site... There is no such thing as UNIX anymore. UNIX is an all-encompassing title that represents an OS DESIGN.
Your questio essential said "What's the difference between a CAR and a DODGE if any" Linux is a TYPE of UNIX, as is every other UNIX out there... Solaris, AIX, HPUX, SGI, etc
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Response Number 7
Name: Robbo Date: December 26, 2000 at 01:56:21 Pacific
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Yeah good one people your all liying to me now.
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Response Number 8
Name: sathish Date: March 6, 2001 at 02:05:07 Pacific
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What is the exact difference between UNIX and LINUX?
Summary: I know that Linux OS is based off of the Unix system, but I have a question. I am a newbie user to open source. Is Unix similar to Linux as far as the Kernel and how it gets compiled and booted? Wh...
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