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Posted by: allan16

HI:

I know that this question will sound weird...

Is unix a open source OS or do you have to buy it ???

Thanks

Posted by: macdude425

UNIX itself is NOT an open source operating system, but most of its clones, like BSD and Linux are.

Posted by: allan16

Where can you get it ? Can you downloaded from the Internet ?

Posted by: macdude425

Yes. [url]http://distrowatch.com[/url] lists most of the popular Linux and BSD distros and where to download them.

Posted by: jakec

Yeah Man,

Go for Linux, that is open source. You can D/L it from various mirrors, depending on which distrobution you choose. I'd Personally do A "google" to find A D/L mirror, that is Geographically Close to you.

Have fun,

Jake

Posted by: charles@pcfix

Some Unix distros are open source, such as Free BSD, Sun Solaris 10 ect..

With this said I would not recomend them for the newb. Go with Linux.

Posted by: furtivefelon

unix: [url]www.freebsd.org[/url] :D have fun..