Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? in All Things Unix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20479591 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:47:16 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:47:16 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20490094 dsless : The most stable OS is Z/Os. Been around since 1968.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20490094 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:58:02 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486819 chrisretusn :
said by powerhog See Profile :

I believe the joke is that those operating systems are defunct/unsupported. Therefore, they are "stable"... as in not changing or being patched.
OS/2 is still supported and regularly updated by Serenity Systems

Not sure what it takes to be "Unix", but AuspexOS is just as much "Unix" as SunOS. In fact, AuspexOS is nothing more than a 'hacked' version of SunOS 4.

I'd also qualify NeXTStep as "Unix". Unless the GUI somehow disqualifies it.
Yup, you are correct. I've been sleeping at the wheel. Thanks for waking me up. :)
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I guess the [/sarcasm] tag means nothing anymore.

Knowing the original poster, I just figured I'd post some stupid BS and see if he never replied...which has happened again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486337 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:14:04 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486132 Hayward :
said by fcisler See Profile :

3) Windows ME
You have got to be kidding on that one?.... 2000 or NT maybe. I had almost forgotten ME even EXISTED, and for what a YEAR... an ill fated maybe most incompatible ever stop gap to much ballyhooed but not quite ready for prime time XP (Not that it ever really was either but Pro for a SPECIFIC function biz/set)

Like any Winblows... repeatedly install and (though said so never really did fully) uninstall stuff FORGET IT...WIN certainly did eventually ;)
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said by underthehood See Profile :

How can ANYONE call Win ME "STABLE?"
Because the meaning of 'stable' is 'not changing'.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486040 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:15:41 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485851 underthehood : How can ANYONE call Win ME "STABLE?"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485851 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:31:47 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485558 Hayward : Hey always nice when one admits error.. their own or system.

Have a good snooze
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485558 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:47:41 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485556 exseven : you are right, it has been a while. I need to go to sleep period, not back to sleep.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485556 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:45:18 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485555 Hayward :
said by exseven See Profile :

i think hayward needs to go back to sleep...
Or you need to go back to sleep? Its been how long since posted.... took you a full day?? And no one but you saw fit to even bother? Or maybe the sytem just caught up despite date.... I posted that LAST night not tonight.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485555 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:41:55 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485549 exseven : i think hayward needs to go back to sleep...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485549 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:38:09 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485460 Hayward :
said by gonefishing :

And of course Apple's OS X is Unix based as well.
Imagine that and go figure ;) Not no it isn't all their TOTALAY proptiatary BS????.... Linux is far outstriping them looking at may own website stats.... even WIN is down from 90% to near 65%... that says something for Linux/OTHER... like what in that proportion... un ID's OS. (The variations of linux, maybe no ID'img)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485460 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:08:57 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485192 Steve : I don't know]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20485192 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:36:03 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20484642 evilghost : Microsoft also takes a substantial amount of fairly placed blame for poorly implemented acquisitions under the guise of innovation which result in distribution of shovelware under a facade Microsoft stability.

Your Dell system was assembled from Chinese components. I'll see your XP stability and raise you an XP SP3 SQL corruption:

»www.techworld.com/opsys/news/ind···id=12147]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20484642 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:11:48 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20484599 anon : Hardware plays a huge part in an OS's stability. I've been running Dell Precision workstations for years with XP and they are rock-solid.

FWIW, Microsoft takes a lot of blame for the problems people encounter on their ChinaMart computers and their cheesy drivers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20484599 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:03:30 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483525 powerhog : I believe the joke is that those operating systems are defunct/unsupported. Therefore, they are "stable"... as in not changing or being patched.

On edit-
Not sure what it takes to be "Unix", but AuspexOS is just as much "Unix" as SunOS. In fact, AuspexOS is nothing more than a 'hacked' version of SunOS 4.

I'd also qualify NeXTStep as "Unix". Unless the GUI somehow disqualifies it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483525 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:58:57 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483434 chrisretusn :
said by powerhog See Profile :

said by fcisler See Profile :

No, the most stable OS' are:

1) NEXTSTEP
2) OS/2
3) Windows ME
4) BeOS
I would add AuspexOS from Auspex Systems to round out the top 5 list. :D
The question is "Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS?"

Not one of those listed is a Unix operating system.

I happen to disagree with most stable, especially Windows ME.

I do agree with OS/2; I still use OS/2, actually eCS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483434 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:41:06 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483405 chrisretusn :
said by nukscull :

said by chrisretusn See Profile :

Solaris is based is based on SunOS, which is based on System-V. Early versions of SunOS were based on BSD, SunOS 4 was the first System-V
SunOS 4 was the last BSD based SunOS. I know since I used SunOS 4.1.4 up until Y2K.

SunOS 5 was the first System-V SunOS.
OOPS! Yeah your right, SunOS 4 was the last BSD. I use SunOS and have for many years. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20483405 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:35:34 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20482853 powerhog :
said by fcisler See Profile :

No, the most stable OS' are:

1) NEXTSTEP
2) OS/2
3) Windows ME
4) BeOS
I would add AuspexOS from Auspex Systems to round out the top 5 list. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20482853 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:51:58 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20482802 BeesTea :
said by antiserious See Profile :


(waits patiently for the first "I Don't Know" to appear)
Now now.. that wouldn't be helpful at all now would it?

=)
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(waits patiently for the first "I Don't Know" to appear)


:D
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20481912 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:00:09 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20481395 anon :
said by chrisretusn See Profile :

Solaris is based is based on SunOS, which is based on System-V. Early versions of SunOS were based on BSD, SunOS 4 was the first System-V
SunOS 4 was the last BSD based SunOS. I know since I used SunOS 4.1.4 up until Y2K.

SunOS 5 was the first System-V SunOS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20481395 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:23:35 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20481207 dave : Nah. Unix 1st Ed. is the most stable. AFAIK, it hasn't changed in over 30 years.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20481207 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:53:45 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480916 BeesTea : It has always been my opinion that MINIX is one of the most stable. Note how all of the letters used have no round edges. That makes it really stable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480916 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:59:19 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480676 fcisler : No, the most stable OS' are:

1) NEXTSTEP
2) OS/2
3) Windows ME
4) BeOS

And that's the list. Don't ask us how to run BeOS under an emulator on your x8six Solaris OS and sync the time to a thumb drive Strattlium 1 server.

[/sarcasm partially off]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480676 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:18:48 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480497 chrisretusn :
said by slajoh01 See Profile :

So Solaris 10 is purely UNIX or UNIX-like?
Pure SunOS 5.10 Unix Operating System

Next?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480497 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:42:43 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480445 anon : And of course Apple's OS X is Unix based as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480445 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:32:43 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479875 GILXA1226 :
said by Cabal See Profile :

How many questions are on this assignment?
Eh, this is the norm for this user. We're the personal google.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479875 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:01:49 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479819 graysonf :
said by Cabal See Profile :

How many questions are on this assignment?
ROFL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479819 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:37:26 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479801 Cabal : How many questions are on this assignment?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479801 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:30:00 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479786 donoreo : Solaris can call itself UNIX.

Check these:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like
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Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479763 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:09:03 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479715 chrisretusn : Solaris is based is based on SunOS, which is based on System-V. Early versions of SunOS were based on BSD, SunOS 4 was the first System-V]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479715 Wed, 14 May 2008 06:41:00 EDT Re: Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479713 Cabal :
said by slajoh01 See Profile :

So is Solaris based on BSD or System-V?
SysV. SunOS was BSD-based.
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The reason Linux is talked about more often is cost (free). Most Unix systems are expensive commercial products. In addition to BSD variants, Solaris has entered the free Unix arena.

More people run Ubuntu, which is a variant of Debian, not the other way around as you stated, because it is easy to install and maintain. You do not have to be a Linux guru to use it. It does not mean it is more secure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479702 Wed, 14 May 2008 06:27:48 EDT Which is more stable and reliable UNIX OS? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479591 slajoh01 : Hi,

Everyone seems to be posting about Linux instead of the real UNIX OSs....
Does this mean that Linux is more readily stable and reliable than Solaris (or...AIX and HP-UX)

For example, many LInux users run either Debian (which runs on Ubuntu), now, does this mean that its more secure than Solaris?

Thx.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20479591 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:57 EDT