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How does it seem like the opposite? It's POSIX.
by bregma 2y ago
How does it seem like the opposite? It's POSIX.
- fulafel 2y agoCheck out eg this paper about the OS: https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~voelker/cse221/papers/qnx-paper92.pdf https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~voelker/cse221/papers/qnx-paper92.p... Yes it has some source-level Unix compatible app-facing interfaces, but we don't call the Steam OS/Deck a Windows-like either. (eg Windows NT was also POSIX certified)
- bregma 2y agoI'd definitely call the Steam Deck unix-like, although GNU/Linux is less POSIX-conformant than QNX is. Source-level and command-level compatibility is what makes something "unix-like". Paying a hefty annual license fee to the Open Group is what makes your OS "Unix". I don't believe there is any benefit to BlackBerry paying such a fee so they can slap their logo on their web site since the US DoD is not a target market for them. Nevertheless, arguing that something is not "unix-like" just because it's very much like Unix is, well, odd.