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Old 05-04-2004
What is Unix?
Hello everyone

I am completely new to these forums and am a complete novice to Unix. I have been teaching myself C++ over the past four months and will be attending university next year for computer science. I noticed the word Unix in the course layout.
What is Unix? Can I get it free?

I saw the BSD version but I was wondering if I could buy the full version of Unix '03 somewhere? I am assuming Unix is an OS.


I would appreciate any information.

Thank you.
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Old 05-04-2004
Good luck in your studies and it's great that you're teaching yourself C++.
Being able to teach yourself something is a valuable skill. In the FAQ thread of this forum there are many answers to questions you may have.
As to what UNIX is, you can go directly to a thread from Perderabo (don't worry, you'll get to know who he is if you stick around for a bit) <smile>.

https://www.unix.com/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/13306-what-unix-linux-unix-system.html?s=
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Old 05-05-2004
Thank you for the kind reply. I feel like somewhat of an arse as I did not use the search engine. To be honest I hate search engines but it is perhaps because I am not patient with them.

The articles were very helpful.
Marz.

Still a couple questions remain. Is there one company who has the exclusive trademark rights to UNIX? Do they put out an official version of unix?
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Old 05-06-2004
You can buy workstations with distros on ebay and such... Hp and SUN products are there avaliable.


Also, folks sell the distro CDs on ebay as well.


Ebay items
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Old 05-06-2004
Wow thanks for that wealth of information. I am thinking of putting together a cheap computer with my spare ends. I want to start getting familiar with a UNIX environment and perhaps start some simple programming in UNIX.

I know BSD is free but what would you recommend that I put on it for a UNIX OS? I want to prepare for comp sci.

Could you give me a link to where I may download the OS?

Also when I go to these unix download sites and they talk about "a shell" what does that mean?

Thank you
Again, I greatly appreciate everyone's help.

Marz (The green novice)
 
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