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> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally "Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*n
by otabdeveloper4 9mo ago
> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally
"Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*nix" thing, please.
- onestay42 9mo agoBSD would like a word.
- wasting_time 9mo agoThey can't be heard over the faint booing from the Solaris crowd.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoFor that matter, if we're including the proprietary OSs, HP-UX is still kinda a thing and AIX is going strong. Of course, IIRC those are actual certified UNIX™ instead of unix-like... though I'd call that a subset, so still in scope IMO.
- riffraff 9mo agoTIL AIX is still in development and they had a release this month https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/sanket-rathi1/2025/12/05/ibm-aix-73-tl4-features https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/sanket-rathi1...
- otabdeveloper4 9mo agoWe don't talk about BSD here.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoIllumos is still actively developed, open source, and can trace its lineage back to actual unix. For that matter, we've had new members joining the family over the years; https://www.redox-os.org/ https://www.redox-os.org/ is, in their own words, "a complete Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, with a focus on security, reliability and safety."
- nineteen999 9mo agoNot to mention that Version 4 UNIX source code was just released!
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoWell, yes, but that's not exactly a modern OS, just historically interesting.
- johnisgood 9mo agoFor anyone wondering, OpenSolaris -> illumos (e.g. OpenIndiana). Good times!
- devnonymous 9mo agoBefore clicking the links.. How confident do you feel about your assertion? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=Unix%20like&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Unix%20like%20OS&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Unix%20l...
- otabdeveloper4 9mo agoVery confident. The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.
- devnonymous 9mo agoThe linked trends suggest a revival of the term though. > The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is. The meaning of words evolve over time though. Text is still broken into lines by "carriage return/line feeds" and is written on "hard disk" split up in "sectors".,. Over time people using these would not have seen a typewriter or even know what a platter is but may still use it to communicate effectively.
- wpm 9mo agoDarwin is not UNIX (nor is XNU). But macOS technically is certified UNIX.
- someguyiguess 9mo agoXNU literally stands for “X is Not Unix”