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09-06-2005, 07:31 PM

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I know that this question will sound weird...

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

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

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09-06-2005, 08:01 PM

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

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

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09-06-2005, 10:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
jakec Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Townsville, QLD Posts: 641	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 __________________ Linux Distro chooser Join Linuxnewb.com [

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charles@pcfix Junior Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 94	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. __________________ Charles Visit my Site http://www.pc-fix.info

09-10-2005, 10:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
furtivefelon Super Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 479	unix: www.freebsd.org have fun.. __________________ lisp hacker running: FreeBSD 5.4 - still learning develop with: SBCL + emacs for lisp, Anjuta IDE +gcc for c, SPE for python.. browse with: opera

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