I see that other people have replied to your question about whether it's linux or not. But it's definately a flavor of unix. So you'll be able to do most of the shell commands you see here. I don't know how Sun OS compares to linux but just having the shell account is what really matters. You should be able to learn a lot about unix-like operating systems that way. There are so many things you might be able to do that it really depends on what you want to do. At 12:07 PM 12/12/01 -0600, you wrote: >hi, ok I tried that and i found that I have something called sunos on my >shell account. is this linux, or atleast is this a good version? charles > > >On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, John G. Heim (26 2-9887) wrote: > > > If you can log into your ISP via ssh or telnet you are probably running > > some form of unix or linux. Your ISP could be running Windows but then you > > wouldn't be able to log in and get a command prompt. (More accurately > > called a shell prompt.) > > > > If you can log in via telnet or ssh, you can type: > > > > uname -a > > > > In linux, you'll get all kinds of interesting info like operating system, > > version, date compiled, node name. But it's rare thsese days for an ISP to > > give subscribers shell accounts even if they are running linux. Few people > > know how to use them anyway and they're a security risk. > > > > If you don't have a shell account, you could try going to the home page > for > > your ISP. It often says something about the operating system the ISP is > > running. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 04:48 PM 12/11/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >hi, ok here is a thought how can I see what version my isp is runing, and > > >if it is unix, or linux. thanks alot. > > >charles > > > > > > > > >On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > > > > > > When you compile a program for one os it will not run on another os > > > > without some tweaking or a complete recompile. For example the ls > > > > command for linux is a different compiled version than the ls > command in > > > > Solaris. Shell scripts for the most part run on any unix/linux os with > > > > no problems. Even shell scripts sometimes have to be tweaked though > > > > because of the different shell you may run it on. > > > > > > > > For example in some echo commands it will the the -n parameter and some > > > > won't. > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > cbowman@netdoor.com said the following on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at > > > 10:36:34AM -0600: > > > > > > > > > > hi, I have a question. I had heard that it is posable to run some > unix > > > > > programs under linux I don't know if this is true, or not but, I had > > > heard > > > > > that there is a unix version of eudora is there a version of this > for > > > linux, > > > > > or would the unix version work ok? has eanybody tried this? > thanks alot. > > > > > charles > > > > > > > > > > Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important > > > > stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;) > > > > -- Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on > > > > linux.cs.helsinki.fi > > > > -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >Blinux-list@redhat.com > > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > John G. Heim > > WiscINFO Customer Service Coordinator > > Division of Information Technology > > jheim@doit.wisc.edu > > 608-262-9887 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John G. Heim WiscINFO Customer Service Coordinator Division of Information Technology jheim@doit.wisc.edu 608-262-9887