Is it possible to get a legal version of UNIX for Opera?

2. June 2010, 16:02:25

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I have ben to UNIX.org but all they want me to do is read about the software, instead of letting me download it. Can some one direct me to the wright website to download a legal version of UNIX? I would appreciate it if someone can help me out with this.

2. June 2010, 16:28:43

Frenzie

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Uh, here? http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (also see ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/unix/)

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2. June 2010, 17:29:23

gradinaruvasile

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UNIX per se is kinda dead, but its descendents are FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux in many-many versions. UNIX here refers more to Linux/BSD (Solaris support is dropped).

Some details here:

http://www.unixdownload.net/

4. June 2010, 04:44:47

choope

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DistroWatch http://distrowatch.com/ is a good resource to compare the distributions.

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4. June 2010, 08:15:14

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UNIX for Opera? UNIX is the operating system, Opera is a program.

4. June 2010, 18:57:44

Macallan

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Originally posted by sgunhouse:

UNIX for Opera? UNIX is the operating system, Opera is a program.

I think he meant a copy of 'UNIX' to run Opera on

Either way, I doubt he has access to anything that the last AT&T release would work on. Never mind the fact that Opera wouldn't run on that anyway. And the fact that Opera dropped the only UNIX-certified OS it ever supported doesn't help either.

So, for the OP - these days UNIX is not a single operating system but a standard and a certification. UNIX-certified operating systems are for example Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, IRIX - Opera up to 10.10 runs on Solaris but none of the others. You can download Solaris here.

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4. June 2010, 19:39:21 (edited)

ruario

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Originally posted by Macallan:

And the fact that Opera dropped the only UNIX-certified OS it ever supported doesn't help either.

That isn't actually true.

Originally posted by Macallan:

UNIX-certified operating systems are for example Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, IRIX

and MacOSX!

Not that I am suggesting that MacOSX is free or that it is what he is looking for.

4. June 2010, 19:41:51

Macallan

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Originally posted by ruario:

Originally posted by Macallan:
And the fact that Opera dropped the only UNIX-certified OS it ever supported doesn't help either.
That isn't actually true.

Oh, so they finally got the certification for Mac OS X Server.

Originally posted by ruario:

Originally posted by Macallan:
UNIX-certified operating systems are for example Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, IRIX
and MacOSX!
Not that I am suggesting that MacOSX is free or that it is what he is looking for.

Never mind the fact that this only applies to the server variant anyway. Have fun running Opera on a headless Xserve

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4. June 2010, 20:45:00

ruario

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What makes you think it is only the server version?

http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/certificates/1194p.pdf

4. June 2010, 20:48:46

ruario

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The previous version Leopard was certified as well back in 2007. So it has been three years.

4. June 2010, 21:58:57

Macallan

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Originally posted by ruario:

What makes you think it is only the server version?

Because that's what the link initially pointed at

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4. June 2010, 22:22:27

ruario

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Indeed it did but I edited it (but before you quoted me!

) to point to a better page. It used to say it on both the server and desktop page but they cut down some of the info on the desktop page, probably because their thought most of their desktop users wouldn't care. However, UNIX certification counts for both server and desktop.

4. June 2010, 22:41:40

ruario

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I see that some of the regional versions of apple.com still have the old page:

http://www.apple.com/nz/macosx/technology/unix.html

5. June 2010, 00:42:13

Macallan

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Originally posted by ruario:

Indeed it did but I edited it (but before you quoted me! )

Must have happened between me checking the link and then answering the post

Originally posted by ruario:

It used to say it on both the server and desktop page but they cut down some of the info on the desktop page, probably because their thought most of their desktop users wouldn't care.

I dimly remember they were going to certify only the server version ( for obvious reasons ).

Originally posted by ruario:

However, UNIX certification counts for both server and desktop.

Probably because they got some flak for prattling on about UNIX before they had the certification for any version of OSX.

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