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Is Linux a Unix?

i'm the very new one to this platform. So i want to know the main differences between the Unix and Linux ?

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marked as duplicate by manatwork, Shadur, Michael Mrozek♦ Jun 6 '12 at 13:57

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This was answered very thoroughly here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4091/is-linux-a-unix – hbdgaf Jun 6 '12 at 12:54
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Unix was a commercial product, Linux came about because a graduate student in Finland wrote his own version of this OS.

Googling "unix vs linux" will bring up a lot of hits.

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Thank you for your reply. – Adalarasan Jun 6 '12 at 12:43

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