Setting aside legal issues afflicting the word, Unix is neither a brand nor a particular product: it is a set of ideas - implemented differently by the people behind Linux, the BSDs and Solaris, ...

Linux isn't a certified Unix system, and some say it definitely isn't Unix. The key question for a business is if a commercial Unix flavor is enough like Linux that you can make an easy transition ...

Have you heard of Linux? It’s a version of Unix developed by a Finn, Linus Torvalds. But what is Unix? It’s a computer operating system developed by Bell Labs in the 1960s. What was Bell Labs ...

The /etc/inittab file controls what happens whenever a Unix system is rebooted or forced to change run levels. Let's take a look at the configuration lines that tell your system what it's supposed ...

What is Linux? That's the question we're answering for PC owners wanting to break away from Windows and MacOS. We cover the past and present.

Sure, Linux is popular, but fans of the OpenBSD operating system think they've got something better.

Note that using a GNU/Linux system to run a server is an entirely different use case and one not covered here. What Are UNIX, Linux, and GNU?

Note that using a GNU/Linux system to run a server is an entirely different use case and one not covered here. What Are UNIX, Linux, and GNU?

1 -Linux is Unix, True it's an entry level Unix, but Unix is Unix is Unix - Linux today being just about "just like" Sys VR4 a decade or so back. 2 -the Unix = RISC idea doesn't fly well either.