Difference Between Unix and Linux

Difference Between Unix and Linux

Linux is essentially a clone of Unix. But, basic differences are shown below:

Linux	Unix
The source code of Linux is freely available to its users	The source code of Unix is not freely available general public
It has graphical user interface along with command line interface	It only has command line interface
Linux OS is portable, flexible, and can be executed in different hard drives	Unix OS is not portable
Different versions of Linux OS are Ubuntu, Linux Mint, RedHat Enterprise Linux, etc.	Different version of Unix are AIS, HP-UX, BSD, Iris, Solaris, etc.
The file systems supported by Linux are as follows: xfs, ramfs, vfat, cramfsm, ext3, ext4, ext2, ext1, ufs, autofs, devpts, ntfs	The file systems supported by Unix are as follows: zfs, js, hfx, gps, xfs, vxfs
Linux is an open-source operating system that was first released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds.	Unix is a proprietary operating system that was originally developed by AT&T Bell Labs in the mid-1960s.
The Linux kernel is monolithic, meaning that all of its services are provided by a single kernel.	The Unix kernel is modular, meaning that it is made up of a collection of independent modules that can be loaded and unloaded dynamically.
Linux has much broader hardware support than Unix.	Unix was originally designed to run on large, expensive mainframe computers, while Linux was designed to run on commodity hardware like PCs and servers.
User Interface of Linux is Graphical or text-based.	User Interface of unix is text-based.
Command Line Interface of Linux is Bash, Zsh, Tcsh.	Command Line Interface of unix is Bourne, Korn, C, Zsh.