Family of operating systems from which GNU/Linux descends.
Emphasizes simplicity and composability. Some of the most important principles:
Despite its apparently compelling philosophy and enormous success, Unix kind of sucks - in particular, Unix UIs (especially CLIs) are notoriously obtuse. What the Unix philosophy produces may not so much be “good” software as software with powerful survival characteristics: see Worse is Better
Originally trademarked at Bell Labs as UNIX, which was consistently used by Bell Labs people, but Unix makes more sense for non-BL
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