Linux, Unix, Windows?

[Government007]

What is the difference between Linux, Unix, and Windows? Also, it Windows a true operating system since it runs off of DOS? Is Linux good to learn for a beginner wanting to go into computers?

Thanks

[CMonster]

www.linux.org (http://www.linux.org)




Linux is a free Unix-type operating system
originally created by Linus Torvalds with the
assistance of developers around the world.
Developed under the GNU General Public License ,
the source code for Linux is freely available to
everyone. Select one of the questions below to find
out more about the operating system that is causing
a revolution in the world of computers.


[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 08-29-2000).]

[qball]

Linux and Unix is as good as any OS turn learn on, though there is much more to learn here than in Windows. Guess it comes down to what you want to learn.

Linux is a version of UNIX. UNIX has a large number of flavors.

I'm trying to remember the classic Windows OS haha.

a 32 BIT OS riding on top of windows3.1 16 bit kludgy code based on an 8 bit OS (DOS) designed by 2 bit engineers....

Something like that.

[Dash]

Most Linux Distros cant be considered a version of UNIX because most distributions have not been submitted to the tests and licensed properly. Theres one Linux distro that has in fact been branded as POSIX.1.

Thats mostly taken from Linux in a Nutshell, by O'Reilly

[Savant]

Linux rules! get slackware. I use windows as well but I hate it still, though it doesn't stink as bad as 3.1 did

good description qball windows 3.1 was lousy- I never used it

[voodoo4u]

for Savant...
Webster's Windows95 Definition
Windows95: n.
32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit
operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written
by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.

[swany]

Linux is a clone of UNIX.
If you are a beginner first
get familiar with windows
then start using linux & then
decide which one is suitable for you.


swany http://techieinfo.cjb.net

[kwebb]

ME and NT flavors, NT4 and Win2k, do not run on top of dos.