Timeline for Evolution of Operating systems from Unix
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| Jul 14, 2016 at 12:39 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @Abdul BSD originally made code that required the ATT code. Then they decided to replace the ATT parts by non-ATT parts. So today BSD doesn't include any ATT code. In BSD, the original ATT Unix codebase has been removed. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 10:43 | comment | added | Honinbo Shusaku | @Gilles In your post, you mention that Berkeley decided to create a version of Unix that didn't include AT&T code, thus implying BSD doesn't have any of the original Unix code. However, Wikipedia states "because it shared the initial codebase and design with the original AT&T Unix operating system," as well as another Unix.SE post. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 7:49 | comment | added | Nikhil Mulley | There is no Evolution of Windows from Unix? | |
| Dec 3, 2011 at 14:10 | comment | added | Seamus | This essay might be worth mentioning in this context | |
| Oct 21, 2011 at 17:42 | comment | added | rahmu | @Alaukik: Kernel hackers and operating system scienctist sometimes refer to the "operating system" as "kernel". The exact definition of "operating system" is a bit unclear. | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 6:23 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 8:27 | comment | added | Stann | "which is going to be usable any decade now" gave me good chuckles:) | |
| Dec 27, 2010 at 9:31 | vote | accept | Renjith G | ||
| Oct 17, 2010 at 18:52 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | Software that you don't need to pay for is “free-as-in-beer”. Software that is “free-as-in-speech” gives you more permissions: you are allowed to redistribute it and to modify it. (These expressions come from the English idioms “free beer” and “free speech”.) I'm afraid I don't know how to explain better, but the Wikipedia article should answer your question. | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 18:26 | comment | added | Renjith G | Sorry.Again not clear ! “free-as-in-speech” V/s “Free-as-in-beer” | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 18:09 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | For “free-as-in-speech”, see Wikipedia:Free software — the idea is that you can do what you want with the software. “Free-as-in-beer” means not-costing-money. (English unfortunately uses the same word for the two concepts.) The name GNU/Linux is used for what is most commonly called Linux because a lot of the software in ”Linux” distribution comes from the GNU project or from people inspired by it. | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 17:41 | comment | added | Renjith G | What is the exact meaning of "free-as-in-speech" ? and "free-as-in-beer" ? Also stallman created entirely new OS called GNU(not at all referred UNIX source) and Torvalds created entirely new OS called LINUX(not at all referred UNIX source). But why the name GNU/LINUX ? | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 11:04 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
PARC didn't invent X
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| Oct 17, 2010 at 1:29 | comment | added | JanC | Actually, the X Window System was born at the MIT, not Xerox PARC. | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 0:44 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
wibble
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| Oct 16, 2010 at 23:23 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 2.5 |