saiz66 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Hi. I am taking a UNIX programming course and I need UNIX to do my assignments and instead of doing it at school I was wondering if I could use Linux instead. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 oleg106 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 There is no UNIX, just different variants of UNIX-like systems. Linux will do just fine, but personally, I like FreeBSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 saiz66 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 FreeBSD is linux or unix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Veiva Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 FreeBSD is a form of UNIX. UNIX is just a set of how things should be done. To be called UNIX, the operating system has to acheive different things, suchs as having root, etc. FreeBSD is a form of UNIX. So is Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 markwolfe Veteran Posted September 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yes, Linux should do just fine. The longer answer is that GNU/Linux is *not* UNIX, but that would require a lengthy explanation. It is unix enough for most practical purposes. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 saiz66 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 thanks... what kind of linux partition do i need and do i need a swap file and how big should my swap file be? by the way i have 1 gig of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 markwolfe Veteran Posted September 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2004 thanks... what kind of linux partition do i need and do i need a swap file and how big should my swap file be? by the way i have 1 gig of ram. Sounds like questions more suited for the Open Source Discussion forum than the programming one. In short, it depends on your configuration and useage/apps. 2-10GB should be enough space, with maybe 256-512KB for your swap partition. You have plenty of RAM, and won't use a lot of swap at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 aldo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yes, Linux should do just fine.The longer answer is that GNU/Linux is *not* UNIX, but that would require a lengthy explanation. It is unix enough for most practical purposes. (Y) LOL. Nice laugh there. I think that the easiest explanation that GNU/Linux is not UNIX is that.. GNU stands for GNU is not UNIX :laugh: . Linux should compile any UNIX software fine, aslong as it is POSIX compliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 saiz66 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 thanks to all... and is slackware POSIX compliant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neowin_hipster Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) Jeez, just know that Unix is merely a trademark now. Don't get into that argument please. All you need to know is yes you can probably get away using any linux with the gnu toolset. Edited September 14, 2004 by Goalie_CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hi. I am taking a UNIX programming course and I need UNIX to do my assignments and instead of doing it at school I was wondering if I could use Linux instead. Thanks.
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