Difference between the Unix and Linux?
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Posted by Pallavi Patel 5 years, 2 months ago
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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 2 months ago
| 1 | Development | Linux is open source and is developed by Linux community of developers. | Unix was developed by AT&T Bell labs and is not open source. |
| 2 | Cost | Linux is free to use. | Unix is licensed OS. |
| 3 | Supportd File systems | Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Jfs, ReiserFS, Xfs, Btrfs, FAT, FAT32, NTFS. | fs, gpfs, hfs, hfs+, ufs, xfs, zfs. |
| 4 | GUI | Linux uses KDE and Gnome. Other GUI supported are LXDE, Xfce, Unity, Mate. | Unix was initially a command based OS. Most of the unix distributions now have Gnome. |
| 5 | Usage | Linux is used in wide varieties from desktop, servers, smartphones to mainframes. | Unix is mostly used on servers, workstations or PCs. |
| 6 | Default Shell | Bash (Bourne Again SHell) is default shell for Linux. | Bourne Shell is default shell for Unix. |
| 7 | Target processor | Linux was initially developed for Intel's x86 hardware processors. Now it supports 20+ processor families. | CUnix supports PA-RISC and Itanium family. |
| 8 | Example | Ubuntu, Debian GNU, Arch Linux, etc. | SunOS, Solaris, SCO UNIX, AIX, HP/UX, ULTRIX etc. |
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Pallavi Patel 5 years, 2 months ago
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