Re: unix instal

From: Dave Hinz (DaveMay2004_at_duck-creek.net)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: 23 May 2004 13:04:02 GMT

On Sun, 23 May 2004 05:15:15 GMT, Robert Melson <melsonr@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 22 May 2004 22:20, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>
>> Please realize that none of the above are Unix(r) systems.
>
> While it's true that by the strictest of definitions the named systems are
> not Unix, it's also true that all have the look, feel and capabilities of
> Unix and, in the case of the BSDs, are derived from the parent stock from
> which the unices you name descend.

More to the point, the original poster wants to learn unix administration.
All of the suggested open-source systems will do that.

> If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's
> probably a duck, no matter what you might call it otherwise.
 
...and after a while, all ducks can be made to do the same things,
regardless of the plumage.

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