Tell me the 5 differences between Linux and Unix?

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Tell me the 5 differences between Linux and Unix?..

Answer / rakesh sharna

Unix and Linux
1. UNIX is very old and Linux is based on it
2. Linux is a good desktop OS while UNIX lacks the user
friendliness needed for general computing
3. UNIX is intended for mainframes and high end computers
and cannot run on mos PCs while Linux can go from mainframes
down to low end personal computers
4. UNIX is proprietary while Linux is shared using the
Licensing of the GNU
5.Linux file system is ext3
6.Selinux enabled on linux
7. linux using advanced file editor like vim.

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Tell me the 5 differences between Linux and Unix?..

Answer / ppa

1.linux's downloading is free from cost....
2.linux is FREE open source OS.

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Tell me the 5 differences between Linux and Unix?..

Answer / chitnu

linux is GUI and Unix is CLI

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Tell me the 5 differences between Linux and Unix?..

Answer / chintu

linux support x86 but unix not support


unix treated all thing as a file

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