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[BWiZ]

Id say linux i think its more stable that Unix but not sure i love LINUX

[BWiZ]

Nice little pic of LINUX





Nice pic of Unix

[pbrugge]

The differences between Linux and other Unix (based) operating systems is barely noticable to the average user. I myself use freebsd which is a unix platform and gentoo which is is a linux distro.
The commands might be located in slightly different places or may have different sets of arguments but the functionallity is thesame. With the GNU tools available for most platforms nowdays even these differences vanish. Most of the differences are located in the kernel design and the systems administration tools but overall they perform the same and both are very stable

Both are into my favorite list I like Freebsd and Gentoo the most of all

Beside those I also used, debian, slackware, mandrake, suse, arch, knoppix and openbsd befor I found the one i liked best

[BWiZ]

I didint know that that for sharing it with me. I allways tought Linux was more stable and more powerful. I like freebsd also. I run a Ircd on my Linux and its stable! So i just started loving linux lol

[alperuzi]

Linux Is Not UniX

thats where the name comes from. Unix is older, much older than Linux so you can't really say Linux is more stable. FreeBSD is probably one of the most stable systems out there and a favorite of corporate servers.

But I could never get used to the small differences between the two and always ended up using Linux.

edit: ah you mention gentoo pbrugge, now that is an impressive distro!

[faceofdie]

i Like Linux ReadHad 9
i hate Unix

[WeBmAsTeR]

well Linux or Unix doesn't matter to me, I'd use either one if i would have to choose from these TWO. personally i Like windows 2003 server, good thing in windows server is that u can run asp and jsp. which I believe u can't use on Linux. RIte??

[osknockout]

alperuzi wrote:

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Linux Is Not UniX

thats where the name comes from. Unix is older, much older than Linux so you can't really say Linux is more stable. FreeBSD is probably one of the most stable systems out there and a favorite of corporate servers.

But I could never get used to the small differences between the two and always ended up using Linux.

edit: ah you mention gentoo pbrugge, now that is an impressive distro!

Actually, according to Rebel Code, Linux was a mishap made
from Linus Torvald's name. Alperuzi, I think you're talking about GNU
-originally stood for GNU's Not Unix.

Unix is probably more stable but Linux has a lot more device drivers
and the like. The command line is almost identical. But personally
I like Linux better, Gentoo all the way.

[WeBmAsTeR]

osknockout, on Nov 26 2004, 12:28 PM, said:

alperuzi wrote:
Actually, according to Rebel Code, Linux was a mishap made
from Linus Torvald's name. Alperuzi, I think you're talking about GNU
-originally stood for GNU's Not Unix.

Unix is probably more stable but Linux has a lot more device drivers
and the like. The command line is almost identical. But personally
I like Linux better, Gentoo all the way.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I agree wid u osknockout , Unix is more stable then Linux. Its easier to break down into the Linux.

[amir_ac]

I Think Linux Is Very Nice
I dont Like To Work With Unix
Some body Thinks Linux is Unix But Its Not True
I Think And I Saw Working With Unix Is Very Hard
Is It True ?

[zzzzz]

Linux, much easier

[BWiZ]

Can anyone tell me where to get linux ANY VERSION ECEPT DEBIAN! and how to install it thx

[sandymc]

LoL, i'm really an idiot if you're talking about Linux or Unix? are they diiferent? don't laugh at me? does anybody know what web to start learning linux and unix?

[icedragn]

BWiZ, on Dec 7 2004, 03:57 AM, said:

Can anyone tell me where to get linux ANY VERSION ECEPT DEBIAN! and how to install it thx

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

www.linuxiso.org it has many of the most popular distros and all you need to do is download the iso's and burn them using nero or your favorite burning rom. Then just reboot and follow the instructions after it loads off the cd.

**Note, dont try gentoo or anything advances if your a linux newbie, i'd say go with Mandrake or Fedora Core.

[confus]

I've used a few different linux distros but not unix, is plain vanilla unix still used in business?

why would anyone use unix over linux, I can't find any free unix's?

I don't think linux stands for 'linux is not unix', think it is a combination of Linus and Unix
Linux inspired by unix but written entirely from scratch, no unix code

http://www.unix.org/...rs_of_unix.html seems to have some interesting information on unix

[antitrust]

Linux Is Not UniX

thats where the name comes from. Unix is older, much older than Linux so you can't really say Linux is more stable. FreeBSD is probably one of the most stable systems out there and a favorite of corporate servers.

But I could never get used to the small differences between the two and always ended up using Linux.

edit: ah you mention gentoo pbrugge, now that is an impressive distro!

[predrag022]

LoL, i'm really an idiot if you're talking about Linux or Unix? are they diiferent? don't laugh at me? does anybody know what web to start learning linux and unix?

[T100]

I have been to FreeBSD, AIX and Linux. Linux is simply my favorite. AIX gave me headache, FreeBSD is "orthodox" and stable, but does not come with so many useful packages. Linux has the best support from the community. Problems can be sorted out simply by googling. That's why I love it.

[eiteljoh]

i'm not a unix/linux/etc freak, but i've used both of them before, and i know no difference. that said, my view is that linux is a flavor of vanilla unix. kind of like HP's unix is a bit different than IBMs unix (ie AIX). quite honestly, i can't see how anyone could hate unix and love linux - just isn't logical unless you are totally into like 8086 architecture's on such a detail. i can understand a unix person hating windows ... not the other way aruond.

corporations going towards linux more, regularly go with other flavors due to support arranngements for software packages, etc with big vendors - ie IBM.

[spirit_valley]

In my school I am required to learn how to use Red Hat Linux... After all most versions of Linux is free to use. I've never seen a free Unix in the world...
If you ask me the most important difference between Linux and Unix, My answer would be "Price"... You'll grab Linux when you want a free OS.

[karlo]

Try Bayanihan Linux http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph

It can run Windows programs also.

[dexter]

Linux and Unix really isn't all that different when using command line... you get yourself a book on UNIX administration, and you can guarantee that most things in it -will- work on most Linux systems... though the layout of files will differ from system to system.

It's really when you start getting into the GUI desktop environments, then it starts getting different, like GNOME or KDE...

[mortalmatt]

suse 9.0 was the last linux distro i used, i like it, but there are a few programs that i need to run that are of windows, so i'm using windows xp pro again

[Neeraz]

I like linux

[faceofdie]

I Think Linux is user friendly
but Unix is very hard