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Old 08-16-2014
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Hi,

I'm a beginner and am learning c programming. I want to learn UNIX/LINUX in parallel. But I don't know difference between UNIX and LINUX and where they are applied in real life. As a beginner, some people asked me to start with UNIX. Please let me know some very good books for UNIX. Also a give me a little idea about UNIX and where it's applied in reality. Thank you. Smilie
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Old 08-16-2014
Did you search the forums?

This question is asked frequently and there are many suggestions on very good books here already.

You should always search the forums before asking a question, BTW Smilie
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Old 08-16-2014
Linux Thank you Neo

Hi Neo,

Thanks for your reply. Smilie Am new to this website and I didn't search for other threads. I will do search for threads that suggests about books for UNIX. Can you please give me an idea about difference between UNIX and LINUX and applications of UNIX in real life. I'm just trying to get an idea about UNIX before going to learn it's programming.
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Old 08-16-2014
All of the questions you are asking can best be answered by following forum rules and searching the forums before asking questions.

Please follow forum guidelines and rules.

Thank you.
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Old 08-16-2014
I don't think most subjects are exhausted as far as answers go so I'll post my own opinion.

I'm a linux user and at the linux forums the consensus is Unix is harder to learn/use then Linux. I recommend reading a Redhat administrator guide. They used to be available for free and readily available on the net in pdf or on web sites. Debian and Suse also have very good guides on the net. After you get some command line user experience and have a vague idea of what an administrator would do , I would look into the basics of either os being linux or unix.

The biggest early hurdles are going to be how to partition/install a linux/unix distro and then getting it to boot. Next will be how to get applications installed with a Package Manager. If you use a video card that might also be an issue.

To me computing opinions should not be all that varied but most disagree. I hope this helps.
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Old 08-17-2014
It sounds to me like this user is trying to learn how to write C programs. Assuming nerdbee has access to a system with a C compiler, the differences between Linux and UNIX should not be an issue at this stage. A good book on C is what is needed (not a book on the Linux or UNIX operating system). Of course the man pages on the system in use will be important if the user is trying to write code optimized for a particular system. But, in my opinion, nerdbee should start by learning to write portable C code that can be compiled and run on any system long before worrying about the differences between the UNIX and Linux operating systems.
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Old 08-17-2014
Thank you

Thank you very much @theKbStockpiler and @Don Cragun, for taking time to go through my question and posting your suggestions. Smilie
 
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