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Linux Vs. Unix: What’s the Difference?

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Nick Congleton
Feb 15, 2019

Linux and Unix are often compared to each other. If the similarity in their names wasn’t enough, Linux is technically a descendant of Unix, and they share a number of similarities in tool kits and overall structure. They aren’t exactly the same, though, and the approaches and philosophies behind them are radically different.
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