Re: what is the different between unix and linux?

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:30:39 -0700, dolphin wrote:

<snip>, Baho Utot <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dolphin wrote:
what is the different between unix and linux?

unix is an operating system and linux is a kernel

what is linux is a kernel mean?

Wikipedia has a very nice write up, with lots of relevent hyperlinks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

GNU/Linux is a generic term for the combination of the Linux kernel
(written by Linus Torvalds), and the C compiler, libraries, and userspace
toolset written by Stallman, et. al at the GNU project.

I like this graphic which is a simple timeline of various unix-like OS's:
http://tinyurl.com/2hsewb

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Douglas Mayne
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