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. |