UNIX Megathread
Because Linux is too narrow of a topic. Here, we discuss everything except windows.
That includes smartphones and things.
What is UNIX?Unix is an operating system that has been around for an incredibly long time and has been thestarting point for pretty much every major operating system besides Windows. The original version of Unix was popular in the 70s and 80s, and it was used mainly for acedemic purposes. It was developed by AT&T's Bell Labs and AT&T tried to commercialize it by giving the license for the OS to third party vendors who made different variants of Unix. Two of the most common variants were BSD (Berkley Software distribution from the University of California, Berkeley) and System V (From AT&T directly). Both were made from Version 7 Unix. Later in the 90s, BSD became independant of AT&T and various open-source BSD variants began to take shape. These later became the base for Mac OS X. Around the same time, the nearly-complete GNU operating system was made operational by the inclusion of the Linux kernel (made by Linus Torvalds) and lumped together under the label "GNU/Linux". GNU/Linux was written from scratch to avoid legal trouble. It is, however, compatible with a lot of the same software unmodified. On the other hand, BSD has Unix code in it, as it was derived from Unix 7.
Since that time, Linux and BSD have been the base of many different operating systems such as Mac OS X, iOS, Google Chrome OS, Android OS, and many more.
What operating systems are Unix-based or Unix-like?Note: I am not listing all there is. There is probably hundreds of thousands of Unix operating systems out there.
- Linux
- Apple Operating Systems
- BSD
If anyone would like something added to the list, please PM me.
Before you ask "why not just bump the old thread" just listen. This thread isn't just for Desktop operating systems. If you have any kind of smartphone (except Windows) you can post about that here as well. This is sort of grouping in the old Linux megathread and grouping it in with lots of other things.[/list][/list]