Unix links

First look at the Jargon File entries for VAX BSD UNIX. Then read An Introduction to Unix, the best introduction I found. If any questions remain, try these links.

BSD Unix

• *BSD FAQ
• Many docs on older bsds at FreeBSD.org
• BSD docs at NetBSD.org
• BSD docs at OpenBSD.org
• Installing and Operating 4.4BSD UNIX
• FreeBSD
• NetBSD
• OpenBSD

Generic Unix

• Very complete Unix Reference Material. Unix Tutorial.
• INTRODUCTION TO UNIX.
• UNIX fundamentals lecture notes
• The UNIX Operating System.
• The Complete UNIX Reference System
• Unix FAQ
• UNIX System - What is UNIX?
• UNIX FAQ
• UNIX Gurus Page with lots of help for beginners
• O'Reilly & Associates
• IT toolbox Unix portal

Unix history

• Unix history overview
• Unix history timeline
• A History of UNIX Before Berkeley: UNIX Evolution, 1975-1984
• The history of the BSD's by Marshall Kirk McKusick
• German Sun 3 archive (incl OS tapes)
• AT&T 3B2 faq

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