The Unix Philosophy is an important part of what makes Unix1 unique and powerful. Much has been written about the Unix Philosophy. And the Linux philosophy is essentially the same as the Unix philosophy because of its direct line of descent from Unix.
The original Unix Philosophy was intended primarily for system developers. In fact, the developers of Unix, led by Ken Thompson2 and Dennis Ritchie,3 designed Unix in a way that made sense to them, creating rules, guidelines, and procedural methods, then designing them into the structure of the operating system. ...
