looking for Info regarding Unix

[sero]

I'm currently doing a research paper on Unix. I dotn have any experience with it or other operating systems like it. I need to find information about the following :

1. detailed description of the underlying theory and operation of the technology

2. a summary of competing technologies

3. providing a detailed description of what it is and how it functions


any help on this is greatly appreiciated !

thanks

[dduardo]

You would probable get more help on www.talkroot.com then this forum.

Unix was orignally developed by Bell Labs.

http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/

*BSD was derived from a verion of Unix developed by the University of California, Berkeley

http://www.freebsd.org/
http://www.openbsd.org/
http://www.netbsd.org/

The Linux kernel was developed by Linus Torvald. GNU is the set of basic tools, which used in conjunction with the Linux kernel form the GNU/Linux Operating System.

http://www.kernel.org/
http://www.gnu.org/

You can download the source for *BSD and Linux.