Unix, is well... It really depends, I don't know what the exact definition is, but I define it as, an operating system that manages disks like this
| code: |
/
/usr /usr/bin/perl |
In windows it would be like:
| code: |
C:\
C:\perl\ C:\perl\bin\perl |
All unix versions use /'s instead of C:'s to access the hard disks.
Another thing thats not posible in windows is having your
/ only have 50mb
but having your
/usr have 800mb
(have more space in a directory then is in the directory above it. (if you want.))
Unix's also come with apache, perl, telnet, and other things right from the get go. (Most atleast.) Unix is really aimed towards the developer, more the the end user. Its a good operating system for web development and to use as a webserver.
Unix's are considered to be more stable, and handle errors, better then mac's and windows.
They are also considered to be more secure, but it really depends on who's using it, and how secure they make it. You can get some pretty secure windows machines, with little effort.
Unix's used to all be like dos, where you used commands to do what you want, but nowadays (with the linux, aimed at the end user) you can get graphical user interfaces to it, like KDE. But these make the system less stable.
btw:
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su-2.05b# uptime
12:25AM up 24 days, 1:28, 2 users, load averages: 0.03, 0.05, 0.02 |
).
