Difference of Linux and Unix

                Before understanding the difference between Linux and Unix , need to understand the operating system concept.  Operating system is the collection of kernel , device drivers, GUI , dekstop ..etc.

Unix is developed in 1969. Intially it was developed in assembly language but after the invention of C language,it is recoded in C. Following are the some of  Unix Operating System :

·         Sun Solaris

·         IBM-AIX

·         HP-UX

Linux is a kernel, which is developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991. Following are the Operating system’s uses linux kernel.

·         Red Hat Enterprise Linux

·         Fedora Linux

·         Debian Linux

·         Ubuntu

Its clear that Unix is a OS but linux is a Kernel which is used in above Operating systems. In all operating systems, kernel is not used as it is. It’s changed as per user requirement.

Ø  Many linux commands are not running in unix operating systems.

Ø  Linux is very user-friendly as compared to Unix.

Ø  Linux has many security services like SeLinux..etc.