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ACM Crossroads: Operating Freely
Description of the 3 major, freely available, Unix-like operating systems: Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD. Crossroads is the student magazine of the ACM.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/free.html
osOpinion: Case Study: Renaissance of UNIX; a Good Thing?
http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/JohnScipione/JohnScipione2.html
Open Source Unix and Related Software Projects
Small page of logos and links to resources, distribution channels for the most popular, freely distributable Unix, and a few other projects. FREENIX links in English, Français, Norsk.
http://www.opensourceunix.com/
COTSE-Mini UNIX Distributions
Links to 2 dozen mini Unix distributions: mostly Linux, also FreeBSD, SCO, Solaris MINIX, MINIX.
http://www.cotse.com/miniunix.htm
PIOS: Pleasant Interactive Operating System
Free Unix clone developed by PIE Software Inc., for x86 PC compatibles, to give a stable multi-user high security platform for use as a network server, programming work-horse, or desktop system; designed so even complex tasks are easy.
http://www.piesoftwareinc.co.uk/
Linux and BSD, Open Source Giants
Succinct, clear, non-technical introduction to Linux and BSD, focus: how they are relevant to business.
http://shearer.org/en/writing/whatarelinuxbsd.html
Thix
Unix kernel written in 1994-95; almost full implementation of POSIX.1 standard, IEEE Std 1003.1-1988. Goal: mainly to learn OS design, architecture, kernel algorithms, resource allocation, process scheduling, and memory management; free software has been compiled for it. [Open Source, GPL]
http://www.hulubei.net/tudor/thix/
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