What is UNIX?
UNIX was developed at Bell Labs in the late 1960's to be used by programmers, and is a multi-user,
multitasking operating system. UNIX was one of the first operating systems written in a
high-level programming language, (C) and was distributed in its source language form. This meant that
anyone who had a copy could modify and customize it. By the end of the 1970s, dozens of different
flavors of UNIX were running. UNIX is the most portable (works on different kinds of computers)
operating system ever developed and can be run on any computer that has a C compiler. Most modern
flavors of UNIX have graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that are user-friendly.
Due to its portability, flexibility, and power, UNIX has become the most popluar operating system for
workstations and Internet servers. It IS the base software of the Internet. UNIX has been less popular
in the personal computer (PC) market. The Open Group "officially" owns the trademark, "UNIX". UNIX
operating systems are offered in products from Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, IBM, and other
companies.
A UNIX offshoot, Linux, is available in both "free-ware" and commercial
versions and is increasing in popularity as an alternative to proprietary operating systems.
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UNIX Training Courses
The following UNIX training courses are available from Blue Star Learning...
PERL1 - Perl for Programmers
UN1 - Fundamentals of UNIX
UN2 - UNIX System Administration
UN3 - UNIX Advanced Administration
UN4 - UNIX Network Administration
UNS - UNIX System Security