In my experience the biggest diffence between linux and solaris is the GNU utilities. The GNU tools that come with linux are missing in solaris. Tar, grep, sed, sh in solaris are all old. They are ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX - the '70's hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the '90's? If you've ...