Even if you don't use a Unix or Linux system on your desktop, you most likely have one in your pocket. Most modern smartphone OSes, including iOS and Android, are rooted in some form of Unix.

But Unix, the operating system that in one ... And his software, eventually called Linux, became the basis of the Android operating system in 2004. Richard Jensen is a writer and historic ...

HP's version of Unix, HP-UX, is still actively developed, but HP is moving it to Itanium as the company phases out its own PA-RISC chips. Meanwhile, Linux, an open-source alternative that closely ...

Since its launch, renegade developers have been working to make the iPhone a Linux ... source Unix distribution “to be launched on the modern smartphone, and the first is the iPhone,” he said. The ...

According to Lévénez, the OS listed in 'UNIX History' is not all, but actually there are 10 times this number. Linux has four birthdays. Of these, version 0.01 was secretly released to a small ...

Caldera, a mostly unsuccessful Linux distributor that would become today's SCO Group, bought the Santa Cruz Operation's Unix business in 2001. Caldera changed its name to the SCO Group last year ...

UNIX, often regarded as more secure due to its controlled environment and vendor accountability, has a history of reliability in critical systems. Linux, with its open-source development model, ...