unix

I haven't seen many threads about alternative OSs, but I know there are at least a few Linux users on this forum. I've been a Linux user for over 20 years. With Windows 11 being the disaster that it is, a lot of people are making the switch away from monopoly OSs. Right now I have a Dell XPS...

- - Isn't Linux a different flavor of Unix? And isn't Unix used on all internet servers? The reason I ask this is because Unix uses the forward slash (/) to show file paths, while windows uses the backward slash (\) instead? I'm probably wrong, but what the hey, asking questions of smart...

A couple of questions... I've been using rsync for almost a year to backup our main server drives. We use three identical drives, each with three identical partitions. Rsync backs up each partition on the main drive to its corresponding partition on the other two drives. It's been working...

I'm too stupid for Kubuntu, it seems. In days gone by I would flick from O/S to O/S without really thinking about it. In any given day I would probably have used an Amiga (I miss it so much), a Windows PC, a Mac, a VAX, some Linux, tinker with Sun Microsystems and the occasional play with the...

Hey all, I've just started a Phd in Astrophysics and I'm thinking I will need a Laptop. All my code and programs can be used on any Unix System, So do you think I should but a iBook/Power book or an PC laptop and install a linux distro. At Uni I use Redhat 9 and I've got about £800 to spend...