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Sriramsankarc
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 How to learn UNIX?
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How to learn UNIX? Is there any possible way to install UNIX in our PC and practice? If then, how? Guide me please.

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ASKED: May 4, 2010  12:01 PM
UPDATED: May 16, 2013  7:18 PM
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Here are some options: - If you have a Windows machine, you could install Cygwin - You could install the Solaris OS - You could install some Linux distribution. - You could sign up for an account at freeshell.org -CarlosDL -------------
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In addition, installing portable ubuntu is a good idea as well. It sites directly on top of your existing Windows installation and starts by running a simple batch file.

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Matt Mather
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There are a lot of books on Unix/Linux/Solaris — they are all much more similar (if not identical) than different. You can also get started at The Linux Documentation Project, tldp.org.

mpez0
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I started by using the Ubuntu Live CD, which is part and parcel of the standard Ubuntu installation CD. I quickly got the bug, and now I use 95% Ubuntu and only 5% Windows. I like free, free is cool.

Drabzz
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You could always use one of the virtualisation products such as Sun’s VirtualBox or VMWare player and run a linux install on your desktop inside one of these apps.

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Jmm-irl
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