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Old 01-30-2005
What exactly is a Unix Flavors means??
could anybody tell me what is a unix flavor?
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Old 01-31-2005
"flavors" means "types" or "kind" in this context. All pre-emptive, mult-tasking operating systems that are based on the C programming language, generally speaking, are all "flavors of unix" and there are many. Some people would say linux is a "flavor of unix", for example.
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Old 01-31-2005
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could anybody tell me what is a unix flavor?
Mostly it means,whether its HP,AIX or Linux or something else ...these are all considered to be flavors of unix.
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Old 01-31-2005
thank you for ur answers. I also searched in google
it as an implementation of Unix, with each flavor, designed to work with different types of hardware, and having its own unique commands or features.
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Old 01-31-2005
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