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What UNIX-like operating systems are available on x86?

April 26, 2017Operating Systems UNIX-like x86

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What UNIX-like operating systems are available on x86?

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• Solaris x86, SVR4-based (http://www.Sun.COM/) • SCO OpenServer UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.sco.com/) • SCO UNIXWare, SVR4-based (http://www.sco.com/) • Linux (http://www.linuxresources.com/, open source) • FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org/, open source) • NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org/, open source) • OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org/, open source) Note that the open source versions can also be purchased on CD-ROM, which is a convenient way to get it. For Linux, there are multiple vendors selling CD-ROMs (e.g., RedHat, http://www.redhat.com/). Other systems are over the horizon, in beta, or for teaching/research. E.g., GNU’s HURD http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/, Tanenbaum’s Minix http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html, or Lucent/Bell Labs’ Plan 9, http://plan9.bell-labs.

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* Solaris x86, SVR4-based (http://www.Sun.COM/) * Interactive UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.Sun.COM/software/ius/) * SCO OpenServer UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.sco.com/) * SCO UNIXWare, SVR4-based (http://www.sco.com/) * BSD/OS (http://www.bsdi.com/) * Linux (http://www.linuxresources.com/, open source) * FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org/, open source) * NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org/, open source) * OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org/, open source) Note that the open source versions can also be purchased on CD-ROM, which is a convenient way to get it. For Linux, there are multiple vendors selling CD-ROMs (e.g., RedHat, http://www.redhat.com/). Other systems are over the horizon, in beta, or for teaching/research. E.g., GNU’s HURD, Apple’s Rhapsody, Tanenbaum’s Minix, or ATT’s Plan 9. Of course, Intel’s 64-bit Itanium (Merced) or McKinley CPU families (or both) are coming. Sun, HP, SCO, and DEC are all porting their versions of UNIX, Solaris, HP-UX, UNIXWare, and Digital UNIX, to this

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| | * Interactive UNIX, SVR3.2-based | (http://www.Sun.COM/software/ius/) If you go to the web page, you’ll see Sun no longer sells this. |The following two books by Janice Winsor cover Solaris 2.6 for SPARC |and x86. They are from Sun Microsystems/Macmillan Technical |Publishing. I find they cover the subject matter too lightly, but they |may be good for beginners: Solaris System Administrator’s Guide, |2d ed. (1998), ISBN 1-57870-040-X, |http://sun.drydog.com/bookstore/#157870040x, and Solaris |Advanced System Administrator’s Guide, 2d ed., ISBN 1-57870-039-6, |http://sun.drydog.com/bookstore/#1578700396, These have been updated for newwer Solaris releases.

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* Solaris x86, SVR4-based (http://www.Sun.COM/) * Interactive UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.Sun.COM/software/ius/) * SCO OpenServer UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.sco.com/) * SCO UNIXWare, SVR4-based (http://www.sco.com/) * BSD/OS (http://www.bsdi.com/) * Linux (http://www.linuxresources.com/, open source) * FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org/, open source) * NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org/, open source) * OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org/, open source) Note that the open source versions can also be purchased on CD-ROM, which is a convenient way to get it. For Linux, there are multiple vendors selling CD-ROMs (e.g., RedHat, http://www.redhat.com/). Other systems are over the horizon, in beta, or for teaching/research. E.g., GNU’s HURD http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/, Tanenbaum’s Minix http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html, or Lucent/Bell Labs’ Plan 9, http://plan9.bell-labs.

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* Solaris x86, SVR4-based (http://www.Sun.COM/) * SCO OpenServer UNIX, SVR3.2-based (http://www.sco.com/) * SCO UNIXWare, SVR4-based (http://www.sco.com/) * BSD/OS (http://www.bsdi.com/) * Linux (http://www.linuxresources.com/, open source) * FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org/, open source) * NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org/, open source) * OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org/, open source) Note that the open source versions can also be purchased on CD-ROM, which is a convenient way to get it. For Linux, there are multiple vendors selling CD-ROMs (e.g., RedHat, http://www.redhat.com/). Other systems are over the horizon, in beta, or for teaching/research. E.g., GNU’s HURD http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/, Tanenbaum’s Minix http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html, or Lucent/Bell Labs’ Plan 9, http://plan9.bell-labs.