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[bluefaith]

Challenge:

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

Comments

[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).

[badoingdoing]

Wrong. In fact, using a semicolon would be nonstandard according to all style guides I know about.

In any case, it gets more complicated than the sentence above, because when Linux was first created, there was no such thing as any one "UNIX specification"; Linux implemented almost-POSIX semantics.

[bluefaith]

Since we're grammer geeking...

.. when Linux was first created, there were no such ...

subjunctive, yay!

[dr_whom]

Um, no?

[bluefaith]

dammit...

[tarsus4]

Linux is an Open Source operating system that resembles Unix.