OS/2 FAQ List: User's Edition (4 Apr 94)

(5.1) Making OS/2 Resemble Unix

I'm a Unix wizard.  How do I make OS/2 resemble Unix?

A great number of GNU and Unix utilities have been ported to OS/2 native 
mode and are available from (3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources.  A uucp 
package, UUPC/Extended, is available via anonymous ftp from 
ftp.clarkson.edu, directory /pub/uupc; mail help@kew.com with questions.

In addition, the Hamilton C Shell is available from Hamilton Labs (phone 
508-358-5715 or mail 3890321@mcimail.com).  The Thompson Toolkit, a 
Bourne-like shell, and awk are published by Thompson Automation (phone 
206-224-1639).  MKS (phone 519-884-2251 or mail pat@mks.com) publishes a 
number of standard Unix utilities for OS/2.  Hippix (Hippo Software, phone 
801-531-1004) provides a set of low cost Unix-like command utilities (such 
as grep, awk, sh, and vi) along with a POSIX programming library.  An OS/2 
version of lint is available from Gimpel Software (phone 215-584-4261). 
 For OS/2-specific X Windows server support, IBM provides an optional 
package available with its TCP/IP 2.0 for OS/2.  {{ (Hummingbird offers a 
version of their X-Window server for OS/2 as well.) }}  The TCP/IP 2.0 
base package includes a multithreaded news reader {{ called NR/2, and 
several other newsreaders are available from (3.2) Shareware and Freeware 
Sources. }}

DOS and Windows based utilities and aids still work fine under OS/2 2.1.

Related information:

(3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources 
(3.8) Networking Products

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