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To: Cogito who wrote (193)	2/24/2011 6:08:36 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32680

OT (sort of) >> People who have worked with UNIX over the years really like having an operating system that gives them access to a terminal window and to all of the really great and powerful UNIX commands. >> Linux is like UNIX, and uses a lot of the same commands, but it isn't a form of UNIX. By definition Linux had to begin without the Unix code base. But the precepts that make Unix are present in Linux. The commands function similarly and the data structures are similar. For an example that is near and dear to my own heart, both Linux and Unix inodes have similar characteristics -- File type (executable, block special etc) Permissions (read, write etc) size owner & group link count etc. Unix tools are great, and I use them constantly. Under Windows, mostly. For all intents and purposes, Linux and Unix are twins. Not identical twins, but conceptually and nearly functionally, twins.