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How many developers care about "certified Unix", or can even say exactly what that means? Is anyone buying Macintosh computers in order to run their certified
by ken 6y ago
How many developers care about "certified Unix", or can even say exactly what that means? Is anyone buying Macintosh computers in order to run their certified Unix software?
Linux isn't certified, and none of developers using that seem to mind. If Microsoft got WSL "certified", would any Linux user consider it a better Linux than Linux?
- scarface74 6y agoNone. The point is how many people care about running Linux in a VM (which is all WSL2 is) on Windows instead of running a native Unix operating system? Out of those that do care about running Linux, what is the practical difference between running Linux in a VM on Windows and Linux on a VM on Macs?
- saagarjha 6y agoApple doesn’t put time and effort into making Linux on a VM feel at home on macOS.
- scarface74 6y agoIt doesn’t have to. How does WSL feel “more at home” than the third party VM solutions available for Macs?
- pjmlp 6y agoActually there are Linux distributions that are UNIX certified, namely Inspur K-UX and EulerOS 2.0. https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3617.htm https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3617.htm https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3622.htm https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3622.htm