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[Guest]

Sorry, off topic.

In layman's terms, what is the difference between Linux and Unix?

If I wanted to learn these two platforms, can anyone recommend any software
to use

 

[R. McCarty]

While not an absolute authority, Wikipedia generally has good info on
technical topics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Just use the
two terms Unix/Linux in the Search box and you'll get a fairly easy to
understand background on each.

There are lots of dedicated Newsgroups on each of those OS'es that
can help you get started.

 

[Curt Christianson]

At least the OP didn't ask which was better; Windows, Linux, or Unix. I'm
too old to get involved in a thread like that!

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| While not an absolute authority, Wikipedia generally has good info on
| technical topics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Just use the
| two terms Unix/Linux in the Search box and you'll get a fairly easy to
| understand background on each.
|
| There are lots of dedicated Newsgroups on each of those OS'es that
| can help you get started.
|
| | > Sorry, off topic.
| >
| > In layman's terms, what is the difference between Linux and Unix?
| >
| > If I wanted to learn these two platforms, can anyone recommend any
| > software
| > to use
|
|

 

[happymac.support]

Sorry, off topic.

In layman's terms, what is the difference between Linux and Unix?

If I wanted to learn these two platforms, can anyone recommend any software
to use

Hi,

The difference between UNIX and Linux is that:

- UNIX is completely command-line text based
- Linux is pretty much UNIX with a few tweaks and a GUI (Graphical
user interface) like Windows

If you want free distros of these OSes, this is what I would
recommend:

Linux - Ubuntu Linux (www.ubuntu.com)
UNIX - FreeBSD (http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/FBSDsites.php)

 

[Tim Slattery]

- UNIX is completely command-line text based

No it isn't. There are several GUI shells available for Unix. You can
pretty completely ignore the command line, if you want to.

- Linux is pretty much UNIX with a few tweaks and a GUI (Graphical
user interface) like Windows

Linux is the result of a project by Linus Torvalds to write a free,
open source operating system. It is Unix-like, but is not bouind by
any Unix trademarks or copyrights.