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How many of those closed-source Unix variants run the applications Linux users are familiar with?

• pjmlp 13y ago
  The complaint was about UNIX alternatives. Linux distributions are not even UNIX, just UNIX compatible.
  • GalacticDomin8r 13y ago
    "BSD is what you get when a bunch of Unix hackers sit down to try to port a Unix system to the PC. Linux is what you get when a bunch of PC hackers sit down and try to write a Unix system for the PC"
    • bitwize 13y ago
      "BSD people do what they do because they love Unix. Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft." --Theo de Raadt
      • rodgerd 13y ago
        And right here we see why BSD mindshare is a fraction of Linux mindshare: managing to outperform Linux in the "arrogant, condescending nerd" factor.
        • gonzo 13y ago
          I don't see the problem. Linux mindshare is smaller that Microsoft mindshare, too
  • derleth 13y ago
    > Linux distributions are not even UNIX, just UNIX compatible. Depends on how you define "UNIX". If you define it as "Derived from the V6 codebase", then I'm pretty sure a number of the OSes you mentioned don't qualify. If you define it as "Legally able to use the trademark", then you miss a lot of OSes that work just fine with POSIX-compatible software, such as FreeBSD, and include z/OS, which is just perverse.
    • pjmlp 13y ago
      I was referring to the trademark.