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05-31-2003, 12:29 AM
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Where do i download unix?
How can i go about getting unix, plain old unix, no linux or freebsd, i want to try running unix 
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05-31-2003, 12:31 AM
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there is no such thing as plain old "unix"
unix is just a general term for a type of OS. freebsd, linux, solaris, etc are all unix (well...technically linux isn't unix, but you still get what i mean). originally, back in the 70's berkley (i think) wanted to create a platform for it's cs majors to work on and created unix (which i guess would actually be the real unix), but they stopped development on it YEARS ago. now when people refer to unix they mean an OS that is certified (or sometimes not) as unix. it's kinda like like an msce...there isn't really a person named msce, but there are a lot of people that are mcse's. same thing
EDIT: wow you replied faster than i could add on my second thought there...sorry to dissapoint you though. if you want to try running something like that though then i would recommend trying out netbsd or (if you can get a copy of it) solaris (it's SGI's unix flavor, which is supposed to be really good, and it is available for the x86)
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05-31-2003, 12:32 AM
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Oh, didn't know that  | |
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05-31-2003, 12:34 AM
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Irix, HP-UX are commonly called "UNIX" but are NOT free 
A BSD would probably do ya pretty good to learn though, like FreeBSD.
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05-31-2003, 12:36 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by originel
solaris (it's SGI's unix flavor, which is supposed to be really good, and it is available for the x86) | Solaris... SGI's unix?! 
Last I heard Sun Developed Solaris 
Last I knew you could download Solaris for x86 free
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05-31-2003, 12:50 AM
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sorry you're right...sun (brain lapse there). and the free download is only for the sun platforms...the x86 version is like 20 bucks still
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05-31-2003, 01:01 AM
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Guess i'll stick with my slackware  | |
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05-31-2003, 01:33 AM
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I messed around with solaris 8 for x86 - the install was a major PITA and the performance compared to linux (a bog-standard install of rh or mandy) was atrocious - these days I think mandy and rh "out of the box" are glacial
the only reason you'd install solaris is because you have the sun hardware
on another note, agreed linux is not unix, but it's a good starter and I don't think I'd be heading for the *bsd's until I had a good working understanding of linux
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05-31-2003, 01:36 AM
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The BSD's are more Unix than Linux.
Check the following URL out to see some of the major Unixes, and their features. http://bhami.com/rosetta.html | |
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05-31-2003, 02:03 AM
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SGI's version of UNIX is IRIX, spent many long long nights working on that evil thing.
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