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... with some GNU components stuck in 2006.
by betaby 2y ago
... with some GNU components stuck in 2006.
- samtheprogram 2y agoDoesn’t GNU literally stand for “GNU’s not Unix”
- vondur 2y agoGNU is not Unix...
- Y_Y 2y ago"GNU is not Unix" is a name, not necessarily the truth. See also: Lame ain't an MP3 encoder, natural gas, DPRK
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- samtheprogram 2y agoSo, OS’s that don’t ship with GNU components aren’t Unix? See: any BSD. All of the things you mention in your post have _alternatives_ that also comply with whatever they reference: there are other MP3 encoders, there are other types of gas, there are other democratic republics… And more importantly, GNU isn’t Unix.
- Y_Y 2y ago> So, OS’s that don’t ship with GNU components aren’t Unix? Why would you write this? Are you trolling, or do you believe that's really what was meant? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent
- pavlov 2y agoProbably not a problem for anyone who needs compliance with a 2003 standard.
- bastardoperator 2y agohomebrew is your friend here
- kstrauser 2y agoThat's so true. The OS ships with certain things preinstalled, but you can install other or newer versions of them. And if I found myself in a shop where I needed to use standard command line tools to do my job but wasn't allowed to install or update them, I'd be looking elsewhere because life's too short for that bureaucratic overreach. I hear horror stories like bosses not allowing their employees to choose their own tooling. Pretty much any office like that which doesn't have armed soldiers guarding the building deserves ridicule.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoIt is, after all, a great tradition of UNIX™ systems to install the OS... and then immediately install GNU tools on top to make it less painful to work on. This is just macOS carrying the banner proudly:P
- steve1977 2y agoStuck with GPLv2 basically.