Flavours of Unix.

Linux is flavour of Unix


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dabster

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Hi,
I recently had a discussion(heated one!) with a close friend as 'whether Linux is a flavour of unix or not'

My viewpoint is that Linux is not a flavour of unix it is a separate implementation which gimmicks or (kind of imitates) the functionality which unix already had(CLI commands) and adds hell lot of new features to it.
Only IBM-AIX , HP-UX, sun solaris can be considered as flavours of unix and not Linux.

What are your views people,
 
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khattam_

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GNU was first set out to be a unix clone.... Linux is GNU\Linux...

I don't know what the term "flavour" means in 'whether Linux is a flavour of unix or not'??

And if you consider IBM-AIX , HP-UX, sun solaris as Unix flavors, I think that you should consider GNU as that too... and since Linux is GNU\Linux, so it may be that too...

But still, the word "flavor" stops me from speaking any more...
 

mehulved

18 Till I Die............
There's no more unix. There are either unix like system or unix compliant system. The trademark UNIX lies with 'The Open Group'.
See *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
 

praka123

left this forum longback
hahaha!what next unix is a "flavour" of multics?

one word:UNIX and Linux goes parallel ;)
 

The_Devil_Himself

die blizzard die! D3?
dint linus coded Linux from 'unixlike' kernel developed by GNU\stallman?so that means Linux is not related to UNIX directly.
 

praka123

left this forum longback
^:shock: Linus tried a minix clone hence Linux born!
minix is still there maintained by original author Andy Tannenbaum :)

stallman originally developed gcc(gnu c compiler) which Linus used in his kernel adventure.not to say that Linux kernel gained momentum and popularity via Internet only :p
 
dint linus coded Linux from 'unixlike' kernel developed by GNU\stallman?so that means Linux is not related to UNIX directly.
Linux was basically supposed to beat the hell out of unix. It was supposed to do everything UNIX(or more precisely, MINIX) can do, and still have scope for improvement, and excel in other un explored feilds too. And I can sincearly say it succeeded. I pity those other guys who are still stuck with a single OS to use and die with.
 

The_Devil_Himself

die blizzard die! D3?
^:shock: Linus tried a minix clone hence Linux born!
minix is still there maintained by original author Andy Tannenbaum :)

stallman originally developed gcc(gnu c compiler) which Linus used in his kernel adventure.not to say that Linux kernel gained momentum and popularity via Internet only :p
:eek:

as far as I know stallman thought about developing a unix clone(unix wasn't free) which could do all the things Unix did and was to be provided free of cost with source code to people who cared to use it,but the development slowed down a lot in the early 90's and thats when linus picked it up and developed his own version 'Linux'.
 

praka123

left this forum longback
I think below MAP explains everything clear :) also to @dabster:
*upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Unix-history.svg/362px-Unix-history.svg.png

try below URL for bigger image :
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Unix-history.svg
 

Nimda

l33t n00b!
Hmm.. interesting question. Minix was (and still is) a Unix clone. The initial versions were intentionally kept simple to aid students. So it's a subset of Unix anyway..

But Linux was just inspired by Minix. The original Linux kernel was significantly different (Monolithic kernel, for eg). So if the kernel alone is considered, Linux and Unix aren't that similar.

And then GNU comes in.. which was intended as a free "Unix emulator". GNU utilities could be ported to Linux or Minix or even the original UNIX system. And they were.

So I guess GNU/Linux is just inspired by Unix. Not exactly a flavour.
 

GNUrag

FooBar Guy
The copyright for UNIX trademark lies with the Open Group. So yes, you can call your implementation a UNIX if you get it certified by OpenGroup.

* yes, linux is uncertified, and will never be certified. Linux remains a unix clone.
* yes, Mac OSX is a certified UNIX implementation.
 
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