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  1. May 17th, 2002, 03:17 PM #1
    Mad 4M U
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    Unix O/S

    I read alot about unix operating system and i got a book about this great o/s and i ended it

    but i dont know from where can i get this o/s

    can any one give me a link for this o/s . i know that his size will be large

    plzzzzzzz
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  2. May 17th, 2002, 03:20 PM #2
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    you sound like you want Linux not Unix (it's nearly the same anyway)..
    goto www.redhat.com or www.mandrake.com or www.suse.com
    ensure you have a fast connection and a CD burner (if possible)
    and download some iso's

    Have fun!



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  3. May 17th, 2002, 03:25 PM #3
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    IBM and HP both have UNIX systems that they sell, SUNs Solaris is a very powerfull UNIX OS especialy combined with SUN hardware(its what powers this site at the moment)

    If you are looking for a Free UNIX for a regular PC you can try the BSDs wich came from UNIX directly, FreeBSD is very secure and its a good OS.... another UNIX-based OS is Linux, Linux was built to give a free verseion of a UNIX-like OS when UNIX was expensive.

    linuxiso.org is a great place to download iso image files of Linux and FreeBSD .... also search google.com for other UNIX LINUX or BSD OSes

    Any *nix OS is very powerfull for servers and networking and security, you have made a very good choice
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  4. May 17th, 2002, 03:28 PM #4
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    I'd recommend Linux over Solaris (or other 'proper' Unix)
    Linux is fairly easy to start with, Solaris is a hard OS to learn.
    Start with Linux and if you still want to, try an Intel Solaris (still free I think).

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  5. May 17th, 2002, 03:35 PM #5
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    Yeah your right but it seems he has his heart set on UNIX, lol..... and the Intel Solaris 8 is still free but no more free Solaris anymore bah!!!!
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  6. May 17th, 2002, 04:26 PM #6
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    FreeBSD

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  7. May 17th, 2002, 04:36 PM #7
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    FreeBSD is a good choice if you need it to be low cost. And if Mad read a Unix book and you tell him to get Linux, he's going to ber dissapointed because nothing will be where he expects it to be.

    Keep in mind Linux is viewed as the Windows 2000 of the Unix world. It's pretty and it's simple.....

    Try using www.google.com You'd be amazed at the number of hits you get.
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  8. May 17th, 2002, 10:48 PM #8
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    Thank you all i wont expect all this answers and ideas

    but i want Unix not Linux i have a free Mandrake Linux but i didn't install it coz i dont how

    i tried to install it but i lost my hard drive coz it asked me about Swap partion and root partion

    and i learned unix o/s and its commands and i cant find its Cd in Egypt as i am egyptian

    and no one in egypt or in arab countries know it

    and i met some ine before in chat and i asked him the same question he gave me some sites

    likewww.ugu.com , www.sun.com and

    www.plantmirror.com

    but i dont know from where can i get it i searched in these sites for a long time

    i hope any one give me a link to any version of this great o/s

    and thank you allllllllllll
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  9. May 18th, 2002, 12:08 AM #9
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    unix and linux commands are basicly the same (i think). if you just want the to work on a command line environment, dont install the images. i think linux offers an option for the kind of installations you want to have.
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  10. May 18th, 2002, 12:10 AM #10
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    also you can buy the linux/unix cd distributions online. they are "cheap". this is one of the many sites that you can use to buy that stuff:

    http://linuxcentral.com/

    just look under the "linux central cd roms" section on the top.

    hope you find what you are looking for.
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