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UNIX is a brand. You get to use it if you get certified as compliant with the Single UNIX Specification. Linux isn't, but neither are any of the BSDs.
by djur 4y ago
UNIX is a brand. You get to use it if you get certified as compliant with the Single UNIX Specification. Linux isn't, but neither are any of the BSDs.
- Beltalowda 4y agoThe EulerOS Linux distro from Huawei was "UNIX® certified" at some point, although I think it expired as it turned out that no one really cared.
- Maursault 4y ago> UNIX is a brand But Unix isn't. The BSDs have always been and will always be Unix. GNU/Linux is not Unix. > but neither are any of the BSDs. macOS is BSD, and it is registered as UNIX 03 compliant from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard up to and including macOS 13 Ventura, with macOS 11, 12, and 13 registered on both x86-64 and ARM64 systems.
- djur 4y agoYou didn't include MacOS in your original comment and I wasn't referring to it. The fact that some parts of modern BSD systems are derived from the original Unix is interesting in a Ship of Theseus sense but it tells us nothing useful about them.