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Fett101:

quote:Originally posted by Got Root?:
Which one do you favor? Do note if you choose windows, i will, infact have to eat your soul and face.
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I use XP. So... Eat me. (you said it, not me. ;)

DC:
Calum, if Solaris isn't unix, Unix pretty much doesn't exist (since nothing else will qualify). So it is.
And besides, what is that chart you linked based on? Usually those charts are based on code usage, but that means Linux is off the chart (or seperate anyway), but if not that, there is no real criteria. Linux wasn't really based upon Minix, you know, it was based on a lot of systems (Minix mostly, but far from entirely).

To the point, of the systems I used I like Linux best, with Solaris a close second (I don't have too much experience with Solaris though). Windows NT is third with a whole lot of distance, followed by Win9x/DOS. Those are the only OS-es I used really (I'm a lameass), so any others should be considered unrated.

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by Got Root?:
Which one do you favor? Do note if you choose windows, i will, infact have to eat your soul and face. I like linux, its free, its open source, and gee golly, it makes me laugh! that penguin is awsome. I dont use unix too much though, or mac os, and i think the problem is i use windows too much. Just gettin a feel on what everyones OS of expertise is..
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For the past two months (since I got my first Mac), OS X. I've also used Linux (SuSE, RedHat, Debian, Mandrake) a lot since '97 but I kept coming back to Windows once in a while, not because I wanted too but because I had too. Now, with OS X, I have everything I need: Security, Stability, Reliability and a plethora of software, even open source. What else does anyone need?

voidmain:
If you want to know what can be legally called a "UNIX based system" you have to go to the owner of the "UNIX" trademark which is "The Open Group". Here you can get a list of operating systems that are certified as UNIX:

http://www.opengroup.org/regproducts/catalog.htm

You will find Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Compaq Tru64 to be UNIX98 certified. You will find Caldera SCO UnixWare, Compaq Tru64, FSC Reliant, HP HP-UX, IBM AIX, NCR UNIX, NEC UX, SGI Irix, Sun Solaris to be UNIX95 certified.

Now there is no mention of the original(s) like ATT System V (and prior) and BSDs.

I have extensively used AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, SCO, ATT Unix (original System 5 and some of the newer OSs) and FreeBSD. I have also used many distributions of Linux. I have to say that Linux is my favorite (I consider it UNIX even though the trademark holder does not agree).

However, if I need a big piece of hardware to run a large Oracle database I will probably run Solaris, HP-UX, or AIX as those are the OSs designed to run on the type of hardware I would likely be using. Also, the application can determine which OS I need. For general purpose type of needs Linux is the clear favorite, BSD would be my second choice.

Pissed_Macman:
I have the perfect solution to your guys' problem.

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