Re: Linux question

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Matthew McMahon wrote:

> To Redhat
>
> I'm currently just starting programming at Uni and have been advised that
> the programs should be developed and tested on Unix at the university. We
> can develop on windows at home but must test on Unix first. I've never used
> this before, but was wondering if Unix and Linux are very similar, as I
> would rarther purchase it, and have the dual OS on my computer to trial and
> test in my own time at home.
>
> Thanks
>
> maccamlc
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"Unix" comes in several different popular but proprietary flavours e.g. HPUX
(HPCompaq) , AIX (IBM) etc...
Some are just impressive e.g. Sun Solaris 9 (I think you can download a free
copy these days , not sure )
Whilst others are not publicly available anymore e.g. Dec's Ultrix
There is a  legend i.e. Berkeley's BSD ( Berkeley's www.freebsd.org )
And there is this tidal wave ,  Linux
At some point you will need to know what shell you are using  , Bourne-shell
or C-Shell ?
It is my believe that if you get into Linux, it will give you a solid
foundation.
And yes, you can dual-boot your machine using Lilo (yea yea yea, I hear the
objections already ...)
I am sure many others on this forum will know much much more, but start at the
beginning !

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