Linux vs. Unix

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-15 12:00am

Okay, I have a JAVA programming class where I have a horrid calss AND program to write that my friend helped explain to me today (Yay for Caisa). I utterly despise the Linux system here...it really sucks...But that may be due to me having gotte used to the Unix to do my programs and whatnot.

In any case...which do YOU prefer...Unix or Linux?

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-15 12:06am

I don't use Unix and am biased towars Linux as an alternative to Winblowz. (like there is any other...)

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-15 12:07am

At least you can use Linux at home...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-15 12:08am

Linux is free. UNIX is not. However, having worked on Solaris before, it's definitely a bigger, stronger, more robust OS. Hell, the Answerbook alone makes Solaris the coolest. But it isn't free.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-15 12:09am

Well....considering I am using the Computer labs here...$ doesn't really seem to be an issue...

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-15 12:11am

You have a point for now...

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-15 02:12am

Heh they say Linux has strong problems with being nice to users

Linux has nothing on Unix when it comes to that

Command line? Yes, Oh and toss in such vauge cyrptic commands for the more complicated tasks, to hear another speak it is often confused with magical incatiaons and are sometimes nearly are

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-15 02:16am

It's getting better on the installations and GUI. Heck, my Mandrake installation goes better than winblowz...

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-15 08:19am

i always thought that linux was a type of unix?

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-15 08:57am

It is. Torvalds ported it over some years back. Many of the commands in Linux are the same if not similar to Unix.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2002-10-15 11:51am

I would like both a lot more if I took the time to learn all the commands... though I must say Linux only because I can install it on my home computer (plan to too)...though I've had more experience wandering in the unix enviroment... just suck it up and learn both, it does the mind some good

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-10-15 12:06pm

Hm ... I use Mac OS X, so UNIX it is. :D

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-10-15 01:38pm

No idea. I've only dabbled with Linux, though I've played with HP-UX and Solaris on various University shell accounts.

If only they would install ncurses and the GNU ls command so that I could get my pretty colored "ls"

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2002-10-15 04:20pm

verilon wrote:Okay, I have a JAVA programming class where I have a horrid calss AND program to write that my friend helped explain to me today (Yay for Caisa). I utterly despise the Linux system here...it really sucks...But that may be due to me having gotte used to the Unix to do my programs and whatnot.

In any case...which do YOU prefer...Unix or Linux?

The big UNIX OSes such as Sun Solaris or HP tend to be much more stable than x86 Linux clusters. But, most Linux systems have some sort of nice GUI associated with them (KDE, Gnome, etc.)

I'm going to guess it's probably a learning curve thing. Though on some networks, the Linux boxes tend to be quicker than the centralized UNIX servers, but your results may vary.

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