UNIX is a powerful multi-user operating system (OS) that defined how we do computing for more than 40 years. It provided a lot of features and abstractions that we take for granted today. This ...
If you’ve just started reading and learning about Linux, you might have encountered the term “Unix”. The word itself looks similar to Linux, but what does it mean? Perhaps you’re wondering: what is ...
In the intricate landscape of operating systems, two prominent players have shaped the digital realm for decades: UNIX and Linux. While these two systems might seem similar at first glance, a deeper ...
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at a PDP-11. Peter Hamer [CC BY-SA 2.0] Last week the computing world celebrated an important anniversary: the UNIX operating system turned 50 years old. What was ...
Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...
Opinion Today, thanks to Android and ChromeOS, Linux is an important end-user operating system. But, before Linux, there were important Unix desktops, although most of them never made it. Way back in ...
First of all, credits and acknowledgment for material available in this repository that is not my own (or has been modified by me based on previous work). The UNIX versions available in this ...
DistroTest service is discontinued and it is no longer available for testing Linux and Unix operating systems online. It is pity a great service for the Linux community is gone. Fortunately, someone ...