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> the worse a system is, the more popular it is in general That's true of non-unixy systems too, see: Windows. And by that same logic, OS X is the worst Unix.
by zxcvcxz 10y ago
> the worse a system is, the more popular it is in general
That's true of non-unixy systems too, see: Windows.
And by that same logic, OS X is the worst Unix.
A whole bunch of tools thrown together is pretty much the definition of an operating system.
- rayiner 10y agoOS X is not the worst UNIX. Darwin is kind of a shit kernel, but the user land is way more sensibly designed than your typical Linux distro (which is, as OP said, a random collection of junk).
- tptacek 10y agoFor desktops systems, maybe, but there's a reason almost nobody delivers SAAS stuff on Darwin, even as some do deliver on Windows.
- iris-digital 10y agoExcept for package management.
- rayiner 10y agoDon't agree. Self contained app bundles are great. I use homebrew for some stuff and dependencies are a PITA. E.g. multiple incompatible Python versions.
- madmax96 10y agoThat's because OS X's user land is based on BSD. BSD in general is a much more well thought out UNIX-like OS than Linux. When I made the switch a couple of years back, I was surprised at how simply everything fit together compared to my experiences in the Linux space.