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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
 
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.
 
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
|
|
 
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
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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)
 
- UNIX is completely command-line text based
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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
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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.
 
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