UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

In a nutshell. Yes.

However, UNIX is more of a concept, not a single operating system. Of course, one can split hairs, but the reality is that all of the above have the same "checkered past"........

Neo

If you want to learn unix the best for Beginners is linux with a unix shell.(best linux distros for beginners are knoppix or damm small linux) If you want something closer to unix try BSD. If really want unix and not linux or BSD. Try plan9.


This site is helpful in finding a good linux distro
This site links u to bsd and linux sites(click vapor for these links)
This site is where you can download plan9

I NEED SOME HELP 2 FIND IT PLEASE!!!!????

Look in the Answers to frequently asked questions forum, there is a thread dedicated to this topic.

I want to learn UNIX at home. Are there any free version of UNIX to download on the internet and install on my PC???

If you had read the post above yours you would have seen this:

Solaris 10 can be downloaded for free (for private use only).

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

Sun is using lots of commands that are specific to their Unix.

Anything else, you'd do well learning one of the BSD's that are around, as mentioned above.

I agree with the others in that if you know howto use Linux it will be easy to use a Unix box. Instead, once you know Unix, you'll have to adapt a lot to a Linux OS.

The best match would be using either Red Hat or SuSE, because they are widely spread. If you want to go for the pro and stable stuff, get Debian or Slackware instead.

All these OS (Unix BSD or SystemV), Plan9 or Linux comply to the free ISO POSIX standard:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/toc.htm

There are numerous other realtime OS's which comply with this standard such as LynxOS and VXworks.

Cheers,
LePiaf