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[-] uis@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Well, he is correct. Linux is not UNIX. It is UNIX-like system. And Android is abomination.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I think macOS is actually Unix certified. It at least was at one point.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

At one point many years ago. BSD is true UNIX btw.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I looked it up. macOS is still unix certified.

BSD is usually not unix certified, so has to refer to itself as unix like.

What is and isn't unix is kind of up to what definition you're working with (pedigree, legally, practically).

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And what always gets lost in these discussions is if that old Unix stuff was so amazingly good that we should automatically assume Linux is inferior for not doing it. Even though all the old Unix vendors are basically dead now and replaced by Linux. That might have happened for a reason.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

BSD is usually not unix certified, so has to refer to itself as unix like.

Wait, really? Not POSIX? Huh

Also another reason I doubt current version macos is certified is:

"Because it's an expensive and lengthy process. And every version will need to be re-certified."

[-] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago
[-] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I clicked on their certificate and was first registered in ‘03, with renewal due in May of this year.

So.. I don’t know! Lol

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The main difference between being unix certified or not is being willing to pay for it. That's pretty much it.

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