I am a little unclear on BSD. If I remember during 4.4BSD they were forced to remove all ATT code as per their agreement on the law suit brought on by ATT.
According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_v._BSDi (If I am reading it right) shows that BSD at one point was a Unix based OS (IE had the original source) but has since rewrote most of it. However I still feel that BSD should be considered a Unix OS not a clone. However this can probably turn into you say tomato I say tamoto |
Well to answer your question. Yes, you can try UNIX, but there is no operating system called UNIX anymore. AT&T sold the right to it around 20 years ago. However, there are still UNIX derivatives around.
Which you try depends on your knowledge. If you're fairly familiar with Linux then try OpenSolaris (www.opensolaris.com). If you consider yourself a bit on expert you can still try OpenSolaris but you may also try FreeBSD (www.freebsd.org). Beware, FreeBSD is command line intensive. |
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It's not a video of the kernel source code. Click on the link and you will see what I mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ycppO3gPE - Cheers |
From the Wikipedia page on Unix (see Onebuck's link)
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In practical terms Solaris/BSD/Linux (even MAC/OSX) are near-enough Unix; aka *nix. |
I thought that I was having a stupid confusion, but this post made a really interesting debate of the topic
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'The Creation of the UNIX* Operating System' comes from 'Bell-Labs' so there should not be any questions; Quote:
Don't take my word for it, read some of the history. I lived a lot of it and know first hand that 'UNIX' opened a lot of doors for me personally and professionally. :hattip: |
There's a lot of debate about "where to draw the line" when talking about operating environments. But here might be a good rule-of-thumb:
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I congratulate the OP for posting a topic that is able to roll call some of the best members of the LQ --it is like a picnic seeing honorable names around :) and it emotes inspiration to everyone hearing from others. Allow me to beg leave from this particular thread. I agree to agree and disagree everyone in peace. Now lets go back to the business of helping the newbies. Good luck everyone. |
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