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Also, to be pedantic, apple is a BSD, not a linux.
by dnautics 7y ago
Also, to be pedantic, apple is a BSD, not a linux.
- meruru 7y agoMac OS is its own operating system with its own kernel. It's neither Linux nor BSD.
- dnautics 7y agooh good point, TIL only the posix and syscall layer is BSD. nonetheless it's not at all a linux.
- pjmlp 7y agoIf you want to see how much different they are, have a look at "Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach" https://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Internals-Systems-Approach-ebook/dp/B004Y4UTLI https://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Internals-Systems-Approach-ebo... Since then, has macOS become even further away from BSD, with its own Network stack, XPC, SIP and many other architecture changes.
- mailslot 7y agoIt’s a certified UNIX, which Linux & BSD are clones of (UNIX).
- cat199 7y agothis is taking the post USL vs BSD legalized definition of unix, which, w/r/t history, is revisionist. following the lineage and where active development happened at the time (80s/early 90s), one can easily make the case that BSD is unix.
- dTal 7y agoTo be pedantic, Apple is a company, not an OS :)
- tssva 7y agoTo be pedantic, the comment you replied to referred to apple which is neither a company nor an OS but a fruit.