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> What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux? For starters, the source code.

• steve1977 13d 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 13d 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 13d ago
      Yeah for a while they used that in marketing copy actually, but it's been a while I think.
  • Gracana 13d 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.