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Unix vs Ubuntu - What's the difference?

unix | ubuntu |

As a proper noun Unix

is a computer operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, currently owned by Novell.

As a noun ubuntu is

a South African ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

unix

English

Alternative forms

* UNIX

Proper noun

(wikipedia Unix) (en proper noun)
  • A computer operating system that shares the original source code by .
  • An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by .
  • (informal) The above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.
    • GNU is not Unix.
  • The group of Unix operating systems as a whole.
    • The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular forms of Unix .

    Hypernyms

    * (computer operating system)

    Derived terms

    * Unix time

    Related terms

    * Linux * (GNU Hurd) * Minix

    ubuntu

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (South Africa) A South African ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other