26 Difference Between Unix And Linux

1. Linux is freely distributed, downloaded through magazines, Books, website, etc. Different flavors of Unix have different pricing depending upon the type of vendor. 2. Linux operating system widely used for computer hardware and software, game development, tablet PCS, mainframes. Unix is a proprietary operating system commonly used in internet servers, workstations and PCs by Solaris, Intel, HP etc 3. Manufacturer: Linux: Linux kernel is developed by the community. Linus Torvalds oversees things. Unix: Three biggest distributions are Solaris (Oracle), AIX (IBM) & HP-UX Hewlett Packard. And Apple Makes OSX, an unix based os 4. The Linux trademark is owned by Linus Trovalds, and managed by the Linux Mark Institute under the Linux Foundation. The UNIX trademark is certified by the Open Group. List of certified operating systems. 5. Linux OS is portable and can be executed in different Hard Drives. Unix is not portable. 6. Linux is a “clone” of the original Unix, but it doesn’t contain its code. 7. Linux is considered as most user friendly UNIX like operating systems. 8. Text made interface: Linux: BASH is the Linux default shell. It offers support for multiple command interpreters. Unix: Originally made to work in Bourne Shell. However, it is now compatible with many others software. 9. Unix is not as flexible as Linux. It has less compatibility with different types of hardware. Unix installation requires a strict and well-defined hardware machinery and works only on specific CPU. 10. File system support: Linux: Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Jfs, ReiserFS, Xfs, Btrfs, FAT, FAT32, NTFS Unix: jfs, gpfs, hfs, hfs+, ufs, xfs, zfs format 11. Linux: Different variants maintained by different communities; with the kernel merging into the branch maintained by Linus. Unix: Different variants maintained by different companies; each maintains their own kernel. 12. Different Versions of Linux are: Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSuse, Redhat, Solaris, etc. Different Versions of Unix are: AIS, HP-UX, BSD, Iris, etc. 13. Linux is just the kernel, while Unix was/is a complete operating system.