UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello every one im a new to unix i use solaris 9 experimental i would like to use real unix system but there are to many versions and i need someone to recommend a good one for me i also need help on how to use "man"

i forgot to mention that i have already tried to install solaris 10 i got the original cd from sun microsystems but when i tried to install it while it was initializing hardware it halted is it possible that it is because of one my hardware and if it is ,am i going to have the same trouble with any other unix????

Different PC unices have different levels of hardware support. Is your machine exotic or very old, or very new top-of-the-line? Try live CDs from -- unimaginatively rattling off the ones I personally use -- Ubuntu, Fedora, and Knoppix. Linux, of course, is not "real Unix" by any definition; FreeBSD or some other BSD variant might be preferable if you are strict on that.

Hard to help with the man pages without more information. You can find the manual pages on the web as well, if you have trouble bringing them up on your local machine. Try the "man" and "intro" manual pages for a start. Quick googling turned up Solaris 10 Reference Manual Collection

thanks era for replying i really appritiate it .
about my machine it is a new one( a core2duo with 2 gb ram).
i also tried knoppix at also halted so i dont know what the problem is.
and about the man i have on my solaris experimental but i have no idea how to use it for example i need to view all the functions there is in the c library function librrary or to see all the commands or see what header files is available there...