The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on.

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13 ...

UNIX is probably the most difficult operating system to learn and master for most modern computer users. A significant portion of popular software will have compatibility issues when running on UNIX.

A fascinating little point made in a much longer piece about the smartphone wars. One that makes me wonder whether Unix can now be considered to be the most successful operating system of all time ...

Their goal was to write a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system (OS) and in August 1969, a programmer at AT&T Bell Laboratories started work on the first ever version of Unix.

The tools that were used to write those applications, and the operating system features they rely on, are also available. Opposites or not, Unix and the Mac OS make an enormously interesting ...

HP's Unix tops in study of features For the first time, Hewlett-Packard has won top ranking in an annual study of the merits of different versions of the Unix operating system, displacing Sun.

For the last 15 years Apple’s operating system has been built on top of Unix, the command-line OS that powers much of the world’s filesystems and servers.

Linux isn't a certified Unix system, and some say it definitely isn't Unix. The key question for a business is if a commercial Unix flavor is enough like Linux that you can make an easy transition ...