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 ...

The most significant difference between Linux and UNIX is the price. Linux is always free, while UNIX can vary depending on which vendor you buy it from. Linux provides more GUI options, and there is ...

Linux, on the other hand, has thousands of very useful programs that are run from the command line and therefore it may not be easy to find the help for that particular programs. Thankfully for us ...

Since Linux and Minix are too, and since they’re both modeled on the core Unix design elements from v7, it makes sense to say that they are Unix, even if they aren’t UNIX®–just like FreeBSD ...

Migrations from Unix to Linux have been "primarily driven by cost, or perception of cost over time," Bozman said. Still, Databases, and data warehousing in particular, remain strong on Unix, she said.

US-CERT found more vulnerabilities in Linux and Unix systems than in Windows in 2005, but that doesn't mean Windows is more secure Written by Tom Espiner, Contributor Jan. 5, 2006 at 9:55 a.m. PT ...

You can use the stat command to view dates and times associated with Linux files, and the date command can do some handy conversions if you’d like to display the current time in the epoch format.

Intro. In shell programming languages like UNIX or Linux the text files conclude with a new line operator "\n" also known as the line feed and its ASCII code is 0A.. A DOS Text file concludes a line ...

My contention in this thread is that the user experience philosophy that underlies Linux/UNIX (the "Unix Philosophy") is close to the mirror image of the Apple design philosophy (I'll call it the ...