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Redox bills itself as a Unix-like OS. Seems to me Posix compliance, or attempting to get close to it would fall under being "Unix-like".

• empath75 9y ago
  If they wanted to build a Unix, they’d have said they were building a Unix.
  • korethr 9y ago
    I think you're splitting hairs. If someone is making an OS they claim is "Unix-like", then it isn't unreasonable for someone to expect that the code that compiles and runs on AIX, HP-UX, MacOS, Solaris, and OpenBSD will also compile and run on this new "Unix-like" OS with minimal changes. If they're not going for POSIX compliance, or even getting reasonably close thereto, they're going to have a hard time being "Unix-like" in practice, certifications be damned.
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    • saghm 9y ago
      Might be worth reading this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      Unix like might also mean the CLI experience. For example, AmigaDOS and BeOS took some ideas from Unix, without being Unix compatible.
• imtringued 9y ago
  Is windows unix-like because it implemented POSIX via WSL?