UNIX Tutorial Information and Download

A link at the end of this article directs you to a free UNIX tutorial for your UNIX hosting website. When people talk about UNIX hosting, all they are referring to is the UNIX operating system. People can host their website with any operating system they want from Windows to UNIX.

Unix is the first web server operating system there was. It is known to be very reliable and stable. It is also less expensive than Windows.

A multi-user, multi-tasking operating system, UNIX supports multiple users that run multiple processes. These processes also run simultaneously.

The Kernal part of UNIX is the center of the operating system. It allocates time and memory to programs. This is explained in detail in the tutorial for UNIX.

The Shell part acts as a command line interpreter, which is nothing more than an interface between the user and the Kernal. Such as when a user logs in, the login program will check the username and password and start another program called the Shell.

Everything in UNIX is either a File or Process. Therefore, the last part of UNIX is Files and Processes. In UNIX, all files grouped together form a hierarchy of directories where the top of the directory called the root.

Also, remember that UNIX is case sensitive, type lower and upper case as indicated for commands and filenames.

There are many great tutorials on the web for using the UNIX operating system; try this basic UNIX tutorial first to start your journey on UNIX.