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[bluefaith]

Challenge:

Provide a one sentence explanation on the difference between UNIX & Linux.

Comments

[maroonmd]

I. Don't. Know.

And that's three sentances. ;-p

[earthdragon]

Lixux is a popular version of UNIX that runs on PC hardware, and has special rules about free redistribution.

[rford]

Unix is a family of operating systems that comply with the Unix Specification, while Linux is a family of operating systems that are based on and similar to the Unix family of operating systems, but are not fully compliant with the Unix Specification.

Do I win?

[bluefaith]

your sentence has been deemed "very thourough and comprehensive" by the judge, but he's thinking of making a 10 word limit next time.

[mediaprophet]

But it is a run-on! "While" and "but" are both conjunctions and cannot be included without the use of a semicolon!

[jcberk]

'While' is a subordinating conjunction, meaning that the while clause is a subordinate clause, cannot stand alone, and can be included in a sentence with an independent clause with no problems or semicolons. 'But' is a coordinating conjunction in this case used to join two predicates, again without a semicolon (though the comma that's there shouldn't be).

[thedan]

One is a transdeletion of the other.

[bluefaith]

i object to answers that include words that google doesnt know.

[marius23]

Google certainly knows about "transdeletion":

Personalized Results 1 - 20 of about 174 for transdeletion. (0.33 seconds)

*I* didn't know about transdeletion until now...but now I'm going to have to use the technique in a poem someday....

[herbie]

174 results is not "knowing" in the world of google. That's worse than some pretty rare typos.

[mr_teem]

Linux® is the deceptively free version of UNIX®.

Too snarky? Um...

Linux® is the version of UNIX® that comes with a free audioclip of Linus Torvalds.