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What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux? I get it on Windows systems, at least when someone wants to use Linux-type tooling.

• RunSet 7d ago
  > What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux? For starters, the source code.
  • steve1977 7d ago
    And why would you need that to run LLMs? Apart from that, for the UNIX part, the source is available for quite a few components: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions notably also the kernel https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu
    • throw0101c 7d ago
      > Apart from that, for the UNIX part, the source is available for quite a few components: Strictly speaking, Apple can claim to ship a UNIX® operating system: * https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/apple.htm https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/apple.htm * https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/ https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/
      • steve1977 7d ago
        Yeah for a while they used that in marketing copy actually, but it's been a while I think.
    • Gracana 7d ago
      > And why would you need that to run LLMs? kokonokko1337 already said it was good enough to run LLMs, presumably RunSet isn't saying the source code is needed to run an inference server.