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#1 (permalink)   02-12-2008

bhushanbhangale Contributing Member   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 67 Thanks: 33 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

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#2 (permalink)   02-16-2008

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Re: difference between linux and unix Unix is an Operating system like the Windows $ LINUX is the flavor of UNIX operating system...

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Re: difference between linux and unix Unix is a txt based thing and linux supports GUI and inherits the property on unix.

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Re: difference between linux and unix Linux to Unix is same as Windows to DOS.

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samik mukherjee Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Re: difference between linux and unix I think according to my knowledge,linux kernel is non-preemptive whereas unix kernel is pre-emptive.That is the major difference between the two architectures.

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Re: difference between linux and unix linux is OS which use unix as its base & gives further more facilities and applications

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Re: difference between linux and unix linux is OS which use unix as its base & gives further more facilities and applications

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Re: difference between linux and unix Linux is the work alike of Unix.

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