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Old 04-03-2002
you can get Sparcstation (5, 20, etc) with Solaris 2.6 or 2.7 installed. Buy it from eBay or something. That is what I did. That's the best way to begin learning UNIX.
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Old 04-03-2002
Here is a link to one of my responses. Check out some of the UNIX websites and books.

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s...light=nutshell

Enjoy!

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