What is the best Unix Clone?

[Gonzo]

I am taking a Unix class this semester and would like to get a Unix clone to run at home. If I am understanding correctly FreeBSD is an open source Unix Kernal for the X86 processor. Is this the best program to use for my Unix assignments? Are there Linux distributions that use all the same commands as Unix? The system that I have been telneting to is BSD using the Korn shell. I am still very new to Unix and Linux so any help is appreciated.

[Jon]

As far as a 'real' UNIX clone I would recommend one of the BSDs like FreeBSD or NetBSD. I myself have only used FreeBSD and it's a closer match to UNIX than Linux is. It's still right in the middle though.

[David]

If its the korn shell you want, you can get it with linux. The command line is very UNIX like and the kernel is nicer than the BSD one (or so i hear)

[Gonzo]

can I launch a Korn shell terminal from inside KDE? I am so Linux illiterate that I cant seem to get anything done in Linux without using KDE. I have a box running Mandrake 7.2, I havent touched it in almost a year sence I got frustrated trying to get Samba going and then started school and didnt have time.

[David]

yes you can. Start up the console inside KDE and type:

ksh

and press enter. This starts up the korn shell...tada!!

If you want to use the korn shell in pure command line mode press <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F1> to get to the command line. Log in and type:

ksh

and press enter. If you want a better resolution in the text mode, you can. When the 'boot:' prompt appears. type:

linux vga=791

This will give you a better resolution in text mode (roughly 1024x768)

[ken257]

Originally posted by Gonzo
can I launch a Korn shell terminal from inside KDE? I am so Linux illiterate that I cant seem to get anything done in Linux without using KDE. I have a box running Mandrake 7.2, I havent touched it in almost a year sence I got frustrated trying to get Samba going and then started school and didnt have time.

After installing samba you have to edit it's configuration file in order to make it work on PC networks. The file is
/etc/smb.conf
If you attach and email me you configuration file I will edit and send it back to you.

[David]

Check online at www.samba.org for extra info as well

[mcrites]

Linux is POSIX compliant and most distros follow bsd like startup, some others do a bsd/sys5 combo. Anything that is GNU will run in linux once compiled for it. Also, if you want to use ksh, you need to change the shell in /etc/passwd for your user from /bin/sh or /bin/bash to /bin/ksh, of course you need to have ksh installed. Whether you use *BSD or Linux is a personal preferrence, you can usually coax software to run under both, unless it completely depends on the kernel. They just got most of Xfree86's video drivers working under solaris for example.

[David]

linux can use BSD process accounting, and if you can get the source code you can compile most bsd progs under linux