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Unix

Unix is an Operating System invented by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at AT&T’s Bell Labs in 1970. It remains the inspiration for the Linux Operating System.

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External Links

• Prezi: History of Linux
• “BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code,” Salon
• “Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin Split,” Hacker Monthly
• Basics of the Unix Philosophy, Eric Raymond, catb.org
• Keynote from BSDCan 2015: Stephen Bourne, “Early Days of Unix and Design of sh” - YouTube