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Unix for PC for Free
Name: Henry Bochner Date: September 5, 2003 at 08:16:23 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: 32mb
Comment:
Hi,
I would like to know if anyone knows of a PC based Unix program that I can download for free.
I'm learning UNIX via book and would like to try the examples on my PC.
Name: Casey Date: September 5, 2003 at 08:32:44 Pacific
Reply:
You can get RedHat Linux 9 from www.redhat.com
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Response Number 2
Name: Jake Date: September 5, 2003 at 15:25:25 Pacific
Reply:
For Linux, Slackware is more UNIX-like, in my opinion. Another good option is FreeBSD. Solaris is a proprietary UNIX, but you can download it for free if you create an account. If you want an OS that can also be used for general stuff, RedHat is one of the easiest, however. Finally, if all you want to do is test command-line stuff, you can just get an account at freeshell.org.
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