Whether or not it's Unix-like has nothing to do with the name. I was taking issue with the fact that you were suggesting the name change indicated that it's les

Whether or not it's Unix-like has nothing to do with the name. I was taking issue with the fact that you were suggesting the name change indicated that it's less Unix-like. That said, macOS is just as Unix-like as it's ever been. As lloeki said, it's actually closer to BSD than Linux, which may explain some of your gripes. As for the root user, it's been disabled by default since Mac OS X first came out. Being able to log in as root is considered a security risk, and there's no need for it. If you want root access, use sudo.