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Linux is not Unix: it is not derived from AT&T Unix.
by cluckindan 5mo ago
Linux is not Unix: it is not derived from AT&T Unix.
- ahartmetz 5mo agoLinux 2.2 or 2.4 or so (possibly only Suse Linux) even had a kernel startup message "Unix compliance testing by UNIFIX" or something, back when Unix was considered more prestigious than Linux. It is / was by some official definition "a Unix", though not "UNIX the trademark by AT&T".
- cluckindan 5mo agoI’m fairly certain they’re referring to POSIX compatibility, not calling a Linux a Unix.
- ahartmetz 5mo agoOh damn, you are probably right.
- angry_octet 5mo agoBy that definition, nor is BSD. It's kind of their whole raison d'étre.
- cluckindan 5mo agoBSD was originally a derivative of AT&T Unix.
- angry_octet 5mo agoYou should read some BSD history.
- cluckindan 5mo agoStill originally a derivative of AT&T Unix. :)