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BSD is what I want, but Linux is what I need. (I do not expect this to change any time soon.) On the other hand, MacOS is a BSD, is it not?

• simonblack 5y ago
  MacOS is an Apple GUI built on top of a BSD foundation. That works out better and cheaper for Apple, as the BSD foundation is open-source and maintained by thousands of developers. Apple merely has to supply a few hundreds of developers to construct and maintain their GUI desktop. Many of us have suggested that Microsoft also 'do an Apple' and construct the Windows desktop over a BSD or Linux foundation. It would be cheaper for them, and they could concentrate all their developers on producing a really good consistent Windows instead of the rather spotty, uneven productions they have released over the years.
  • Koshkin 5y ago
    I have heard that Windows kernel is not bad, actually. (I doubt that its architecture or the time MS devs continue to spend on it would have any impact on the quality or consistency of the UI.)
    • DarylZero 5y ago
      It supports an order of magnitude less hardware than Linux.