Learning UNIX

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Guys starting to build my testing labs (mainly Windows) but have a dell server I've set aside for other OS's like CentOS and want to install UNIX as well. The only UNIX I know I can get for free is Open Solaris. I know Solaris has a GUI but does UNIX in general use a GUI in a production environment (I thought it was mainly command line based) and if I learn on Open Solaris will that teach me the fundamentals of UNIX across the range of different UNIX distros.

Another question what would you use UNIX for these days?

 

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Some Unix boxes have bespoke GUIs made for them by whatever companies machinery your controlling. Personally I prefer Unix as a pure command based OS. Only problem with it is that you don't get any are you sure options it just does it.

I havent used it for about 6 years now.

 

I wasn't sure if Solaris was unique with having a gui. I'm assuming under the hood Solaris commands are the same as HP-UNIX commands etc.