2009-05-22, 02:16 AM
Actually, Linux is free and Open Source. UNIX is a commercial product, though exactly whose I can't be bothered to go look up now... possibly AT&T.
It's an operating system. It's the stuff that starts up on your computer and lets it do fun things like browse the Internets or play games... or render movies or serve out web sites. Ya got yer Windows, yer MacOS, yer Linux, and other fun things like BSD.
The best thing about UNIX is its stability. We're talking "reboot maybe once a year when it's time to change a hard drive or clean the dust out of the box" stable. For really nice rigs, you wouldn't even need to power it off to do either of those.
I'm not trying to type out a 1000-word essay right now, though. Google or Wikipedia should be able to hook you up.
It's an operating system. It's the stuff that starts up on your computer and lets it do fun things like browse the Internets or play games... or render movies or serve out web sites. Ya got yer Windows, yer MacOS, yer Linux, and other fun things like BSD.
The best thing about UNIX is its stability. We're talking "reboot maybe once a year when it's time to change a hard drive or clean the dust out of the box" stable. For really nice rigs, you wouldn't even need to power it off to do either of those.
I'm not trying to type out a 1000-word essay right now, though. Google or Wikipedia should be able to hook you up.