Interix

<p>Interix was an optional, <a href="/facts/POSIX/mQkSt234">POSIX</a>-conformant <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> subsystem for <a href="/facts/Windows_NT/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>. Interix was a component of <a href="/facts/Windows_Services_for_UNIX/GnDjKTeh">Windows Services for UNIX</a>, and a superset of the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem/pbD8kAYK">Microsoft POSIX subsystem</a>. Like the POSIX subsystem, Interix was an <a href="/facts/Architecture_of_Windows_NT/s0mJp1uG">environment subsystem</a> for the <a href="/facts/Architecture_of_Windows_NT/s0mJp1uG">NT kernel</a>. It included numerous <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> <a href="/facts/Utility_software/Hn3XtISQ">utility software</a> programs and <a href="/facts/Library_(computing)/xRzL3P7q">libraries</a>. Interix was originally developed and sold as OpenNT until purchased by Microsoft in 1999.
</p><p>Interix versions 5.2 and 6.0 were respective components of <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows_Server_2003_R2/3vIJam5L">Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista_Enterprise/nnb2lHX5">Windows Vista Enterprise</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista_Ultimate/nnb2lHX5">Windows Vista Ultimate</a>, and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008/hrcPjTCH">Windows Server 2008</a> as Subsystem for Unix-based Applications (SUA). Version 6.1 was included in <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> (Enterprise and Ultimate editions) but disabled by default, and in <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008_R2/fphr15Tu">Windows Server 2008 R2</a> (all editions).
It was available as a deprecated separate download for <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2012/W1vuUlSB">Windows Server 2012</a>, and is not available at all on <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">Windows 10</a>.
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