Unix vs Linux/Windows and Mac

[S.Heenan]

Franklin wrote:

> Don't laugh. What is the difference between Linux and
> Unix. Is it like RedHat and Caldera meaning different
> brands of the same system or totally different systems
> like Windows and Mac.
> Thanks for your comments.

UNIX is an operating system created in the late 60's. Linus Thorvalds,
working with others, created Linux in the early 1990s. Caldera, Suse, Red
Hat and a host of others are "distros" or different flavours of Linux.


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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man. -Samuel
L. Clemens

[hutch]

you will get very complete histories and education on
linux/unix/etc and additional os's by using/following
these links/site as it's really extensive - ie

[url]http://www.computerhope.com/unix.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.computerhope.com/os.htm#03[/url]

short form - ie
linux - linus torvald/1991/freely dist/avail
unix - bell labs/1969/orig-'unics'/co-lic/

and take it fr there

hth
God Bless
hutch

>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for your post.
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Linux has an "L" in it's name which stands
>>for "lousy".
>>
>>

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Don't laugh. What is the difference between Linux and
>>>Unix. Is it like RedHat and Caldera meaning different
>>>brands of the same system or totally different systems
>>>like Windows and Mac.
>>>Thanks for your comments.
>>>.
>>>

>>.
>>

>.
>

[Franklin]

God bless you too sir and thanks for the links.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>you will get very complete histories and education on
>linux/unix/etc and additional os's by using/following
>these links/site as it's really extensive - ie
>
>[url]http://www.computerhope.com/unix.htm[/url]
>[url]http://www.computerhope.com/os.htm#03[/url]
>
>short form - ie
>linux - linus torvald/1991/freely dist/avail
>unix - bell labs/1969/orig-'unics'/co-lic/
>
>and take it fr there
>
>hth
>God Bless
>hutch
>
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Thanks for your post.
>>

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Linux has an "L" in it's name which stands
>>>for "lousy".
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Don't laugh. What is the difference between Linux and
>>>>Unix. Is it like RedHat and Caldera meaning different
>>>>brands of the same system or totally different

systems

>>>>like Windows and Mac.
>>>>Thanks for your comments.
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>

>>.
>>

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