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 ...

Unix is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system that could be used remotely while Linus is a variant of Unix. What is the difference between Linux and Unix? Unix developed by Ken Thompson is ...

The “What’s the difference between UNIX and Linux?” question can be answered similar to the analogy section that many of us had to complete on the SAT test; UNIX is to DOS as Linux is to ...

Two weeks ago frequent contributors p_msac and bportlock challenged me to see Linux as not Unix and to discuss the consequences of that difference. The reality here is simple: Linus Torvalds ...

Linux is an operating system similar to — though, as we’ll see, not directly descended from — Unix. Like most Unix-like OSes, Linux is made up of several components. The processes that ...

What really are the most fundamental differences between Windows variants like 2003/XP and Unix variants like Linux? From a practical perspective, cost is an obvious differentiator, as are access to ...

zimages/2/28571.gif To read the reponse of Torvalds and other Linux leaders to the SCO code examples, click here. Here are some specific areas where Torvalds found differences between Unix and ...