Unix Distro live?

[Ryuk]

Im trying to find ether an install or live install of Unix

[Salmon Trout]

Oracle Solaris and the BSD family are all Unix OSs and have live CDs. Most of them you can also install from.

[Ryuk]

Im looking for Unix its self

[Salmon Trout]

Im looking for Unix its self

Yes I know, and that's why I mentioned true Unix OSes. There is not one single Unix. You have two hits left. Counting down.

[Salmon Trout]

Because it's Easter, I'll be a little bit more helpful. Try to read and understand this. The name "Unix" properly refers to AT&T’s original UNIX operating system, which is not free. However, when people say "Unix" they’re usually referring to a whole group of similar operating systems, many of which are free. So try to understand what you want. There are some which are descended from Unix such as: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris. Also Mac OS X is descended from "true" UNIX but is not free and does not have a live CD. Others are more "Unix-like" and Linux is the most well-known one. Linux is not based on the original UNIX code at all, but it was written to follow the same principles.

FreeBSD found at http://www.freebsd.org/ (best for use on PC hardware)

NetBSD found at http://www.netbsd.org/ (good for use on nearly any hardware)

OpenBSD found at http://www.openbsd.org/ (excellent for security, ideal for servers)

OpenIndiana port of Solaris found at http://openindiana.org/ (robust, complex, commercial-grade system)

Still 2 hits left. Use them wisely.

[Ryuk]

Because it's Easter, I'll be a little bit more helpful. Try to read and understand this. The name "Unix" properly refers to AT&T’s original UNIX operating system, which is not free. However, when people say "Unix" they’re usually referring to a whole group of similar operating systems, many of which are free. So try to understand what you want. There are some which are descended from Unix such as: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris. Also Mac OS X is descended from "true" UNIX but is not free and does not have a live CD. Others are more "Unix-like" and Linux is the most well-known one. Linux is not based on the original UNIX code at all, but it was written to follow the same principles.

FreeBSD found at http://www.freebsd.org/ (best for use on PC hardware)

NetBSD found at http://www.netbsd.org/ (good for use on nearly any hardware)

OpenBSD found at http://www.openbsd.org/ (excellent for security, ideal for servers)

OpenIndiana port of Solaris found at http://openindiana.org/ (robust, complex, commercial-grade system)

Still 2 hits left. Use them wisely.

I know what your saying.  With windows as it is with Linux it has to be built off something.  So there has to be a plain Unix Ver some where.

[Salmon Trout]

I know what your saying.  With windows as it is with Linux it has to be built off something.  So there has to be a plain Unix Ver some where.

You didn't understand a word I wrote, did you? I'll try again. UNIX was developed at AT&T's Bell Laboratories in the early 1970's for mainframe and mini computers. Later, on different versions grew up under the UNIX brand, (and it is a brand). Most UNIX versions are copyright. Some for PC type computers I listed above.

Linux was not "built off" UNIX. It was written independently. Linux is a product that mimics the form and function of a UNIX system, but is not derived from licensed source code. Rather, it was developed independently by a group of developers in an informal alliance on the net. UNIX and Linux operating systems are often called 'Nix systems. One thing that 'Nix people like is "recursive acronyms", and the name Linux is one of these - it stands for "Linux Is Not UniX"

There is no plain UNIX that you can run on a PC other than the versions I mentioned above.

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[Salmon Trout]

There is no plain UNIX that you can run on a PC other than the versions I mentioned above.

To clarify, there are some free operating systems for PCs and that come directly from UNIX, and I listed some of them above. There may be others. There are also dozens (hundreds probably) of Linix distros which do not come from UNIX. but which look and feel like UNIX.

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[Ryuk]

Im just going to use Debian or Knoppix.... sorry for wasteing time....

[Allan]

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