Need Help: Difference in command of unix and Linux

Asked By Linda_Farr 0 points N/A Posted on - 11/08/2011

 

What is the difference between Linux and Unix commands? Also, please brief me on the difference between Red-Hat,

Fedora, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu Operating Systems.

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Answered By Mahesh Babu 20 points N/A #107668

Need Help: Difference in command of unix and Linux

Hello Linda,

Both UNIX and Linux are multiuser operating system, but the difference comes in as follows:

The UNIX operating system commands are based on Character User Interface also popularly known as CUI, This kind of coding system does not support pointing device

Linux on the other hand is base don the Graphical User Interface which is otherwise known as the GUI interface. Unlike UNIX, Linux has more added features. It is itself like the DOS and the Windows operating system.

Examples of Linux commands are:

adduser: Add a user to the system
addgroup: Add a group to the system
alias: Create an alias

Examples of Unix commands are:
mkdir dirname:make a new directory
cd dirname : change directory

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Mahesh Babu

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Answered By khokho 10 points N/A #107670

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Redhat and fedora are the same, ubuntu and kubuntu are the same. for example

   to install program from repository           redhat                                     ubuntu                                                                 

   to install progrm locally                              yum                                        apt-get

                                                                           rpm                                          dpkg

   some commands are the same but the filesystem hierarchy and configuration differ                                      

 

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