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Today, it comes without a compiler. Getting one, and finding out where it got installed, is non-trivial. I don't like that.

• BrandonM 15y ago
  This is true of Ubuntu as well. You have to run "apt-get install build-essential" in order to get a compiler. This might be easier than on a Mac, but regardless it's disingenuous to say that Mac is not a Unix because it doesn't come with a compiler. (I use Ubuntu regularly and have never owned an Apple product.)
  • leif 15y ago
    Ubuntu is not a good example of a UNIX environment. That said, really? It doesn't come with gcc anymore? I find this offensive.
    • tomp 15y ago
      If Ubuntu is not Linux and therefore *NIX/Unix compliant, then what is it?
      • slowpoke 15y ago
        Linux Is Not UniX. Different distros have different amount of compliance with traditional UNIX. Ubuntu is one of those which has ventured the farthest away from it.
    • rsynnott 15y ago
      > That said, really? It doesn't come with gcc anymore? I find this offensive. Lots of Linux distros don't install one by default, and this has always been the case. For that matter, for a long time, Solaris (unquestionably a UNIX) didn't come with a compiler.