UNIX System V is one of the popular versions of UNIX , on the basis of which several operating systems were created. The best known are Sun Solaris , IBM AIX , HP-UX and SGI IRIX . All operating systems based on System V are proprietary, closed source. The exception is Solaris, the source code of which is open in the OpenSolaris project .
General Information
| Developer | First release | Based on | Latest stable version | Price ( USD ) | License | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | date | ||||||
| A / UX | Apple Inc | 1988 | SVR2.2 , SVR3, SVR4, BSD4.2 , BSD4.3 | 3.1.1 | 1995 | Proprietary | |
| Aix | Ibm | 1986 | SVR1 , SVR2, SVR3, 4.2BSD , 4.3BSD | 6.1 | Nov 2007 | Proprietary | |
| Amiga UNIX | Commodore | 1990 | Svr4 | 2.01 | 1992 | 5,000 | Proprietary |
| HP-UX | Hewlett packard | 1984 | System III , System V | 11.31 Update 14 | Mar 2015 | Proprietary | |
| Interactive Unix | Sun microsystems | 1985 | SVR3 | 4.1.1 | 1998 | Proprietary | |
| IRIX | Siliconon graphics | 1988 | SVR3 , 4.3BSD | 6.5.30 | Aug 16, 2006 | Proprietary | |
| Opensolaris | Sun microsystems | 2005 | Solaris | 2009.06 | June 1, 2009 | Free | CDDL |
| Solaris | Sun microsystems | 1992 | SunOS , SVR4 | 11.2 | Aug 2014 | Free | CDDL |
| Unicos | Cray | 1985 | SVR2 , BSD | ? | ? | Proprietary | |
| Unixware | Sco | 1992 | SVR4.2 | 7.1.4 MP4 | June 11, 2008 | Proprietary | |
| Venix | Venturcom | 1984 | System III , System V | 4.2.1 | 1994 | Proprietary | |
| Xenix | Microsoft | 1979 | System III , System V | 2.3.4 | 1989 | Proprietary | |
Technical Information
| Supported Architectures | File system | Core | GUI | API | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A / UX | M68k | UFS , UFS2 , SVFS , NFS | Monolithic | Macx | POSIX , SVID |
| Aix | POWER , PowerPC , ROMP , IBM PS / 2 , IBM System / 370 , IBM System / 390 | JFS , JFS2 , NFS | Monolithic with modules | CDE , GNOME , KDE | Single UNIX Specification , POSIX |
| Amiga UNIX | M68k | Ufs | Monolithic | ||
| HP-UX | PA-RISC , IA-64 | UFS , VxFS , NFS , Hi Performance FileSystem | Monolithic with modules | CDE | Single UNIX Specification , POSIX |
| IRIX | Mips | XFS , Extent File System | Monolithic | IRIX Interactive Desktop | Single UNIX Specification , POSIX |
| Opensolaris | SPARC , x86 , x86-64 , PowerPC , ARM , IBM System z | UFS , ZFS , NFS , VxFS , SMBFS , etc. | Monolithic with modules | Java Desktop System , Xfce , KDE , etc. | |
| Solaris | SPARC , SPARC64 , x86 , x86-64 , PowerPC | UFS , ZFS , NFS , VxFS , SMBFS , HSFS , CacheFS , etc. | Monolithic with modules | OpenWindows , CDE , Java Desktop System | Single UNIX Specification , POSIX |
| Unixware | x86 | Extended Acer fast file system , UFS , FAT | Monolithic | CDE | Single UNIX Specification , POSIX |
See also
- Comparison of BSD operating systems