Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-14 Thread N. Raghavendra
At 2004-06-12T14:06:07+01:00, Matthew Seaman wrote: For more detail that you could possibly want about the descent of Unix, see: http://www.levenez.com/unix/ Hi Matthew, Thanks for pointing out that interesting site. Cheers, Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] | See

Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-13 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Grauwmans Steven (gs) writes: gs If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Linux is a kernel, ie the bit of the OS which needs to be there, but you should never be aware of in normal use if it works properly. Unix is a trademark. There used to be an OS

What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-12 Thread Grauwmans Steven
Linux is UNIX, but why is Fedora Core a Linux and FreeBSD a UNIX? I searched on the internet for an answer, but after visiting 10 sites I gave up. If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Greetings, Grauwmans Steven ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-12 Thread Patrick Useldinger
Grauwmans Steven wrote: Linux is UNIX, but why is Fedora Core a Linux and FreeBSD a UNIX? I searched on the internet for an answer, but after visiting 10 sites I gave up. If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Linux is a kernel. Fedora uses this kernel, and therefore is a Linux

Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:06:49AM +0200, Grauwmans Steven wrote: Linux is UNIX, but why is Fedora Core a Linux and FreeBSD a UNIX? I searched on the internet for an answer, but after visiting 10 sites I gave up. If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Because FreeBSD code is derived

RE: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-12 Thread Lucas Holt
4:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix?? Linux is UNIX, but why is Fedora Core a Linux and FreeBSD a UNIX? I searched on the internet for an answer, but after visiting 10 sites I gave up. If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Greetings