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jolux · 2023-10-22 00:34:14

UNIX was originally a commercial OS…unless by UNIX you mean Linux or BSD. Plus macOS is UNIX too.

maaku | karma 4566 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2013-09-24 14:31:56+00:00

Interesting how you call OS X UNIX, as opposed to Linux.

rcme | karma 3962 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2023-08-07 07:31:46

Aren’t macOS and iOS Unix-based? Unix is one of the most widely used operating systems in the world right now.

mozumder | karma 1835 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2017-09-07 11:30:18+00:00

If you use Macs, you have bona-fide True Unix Experience. Mac OS is more Unix than Linux.

reaperducer | karma 32854 | avg karma 3.56 · | 2020-08-28 19:24:13

unix like

macOS is certified Unix. Has been for over a decade.

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systemvoltage | karma 9933 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2020-11-15 05:30:20+00:00

UNIX was a proprietary OS but literally everyone used it in the 80’s - without a license. Campuses to labs around the US.

We need to nuke the Apple bullshit from MacOS Catalina and convert it into people’s operating system. Ethics be damned.

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throwaway2048 | karma 9048 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2016-09-28 06:46:14

commercial unixes haven't been relevant for decades. Unix is linux these days.

Covzire | karma 759 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2023-08-11 11:48:34

Sorry I was mainly interested in server infrastructure, but MacOS is a good example of Unix in the wild.

netvarun | karma 2705 | avg karma 8.1 · | 2012-05-31 14:40:52

mac os, since os x leopard, isn't just 'unixy', infact it is a 100% POSIX compliant certified UNIX operating system!

gnu/linux is what one would call 'unixy' =)

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tshadwell | karma 798 | avg karma 4.34 · | 2013-01-27 12:23:24+00:00

Well, macOS, HP/UX and Linux based operating systems are all UNIX-like operating systems.

olentangy | karma 23 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2013-07-09 14:49:07

Unix is dead?

Aren't Mac OS X, iOS, and Android basically unix OSes?

I'd say Unix won.

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N_trglctc_joe | karma 124 | avg karma 5.17 · | 2019-04-13 00:53:57+00:00

It's not as though Linux is the only Unix in town. There's also MacOS and BSD.

edit: and probably a whole bunch of other Unixes (Unices?) that I don't know about.

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greyman | karma 3322 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2020-09-26 17:49:49+00:00

Just a sidenote, after 25 years of using Windows, I switched to OSX. But following the article logic, that can also be considered a Unix. :-)

nothrabannosir | karma 8958 | avg karma 5.56 · | 2017-05-28 18:10:48+00:00

And UNIX.

hotpotamus | karma 3714 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2022-06-26 18:12:52

I'm aware of Unix, but there have been some developments and divergences since the 70's. MacOS could probably be called a Unix variant as well. And ChromeOS is a pretty different beast from Debian despite nominally both being Linux.

ngcc_hk | karma 624 | avg karma 0.21 · | 2022-01-09 03:08:02

And unix is one of the most adopted desktop and mobile os in the works via macos.

ogogmad | karma 2857 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2020-09-04 17:03:57+00:00

Unix is a family of OSes that includes Linux in particular.

Bondi_Blue | karma 1159 | avg karma 7.2 · | 2022-12-17 01:44:36

It's definitely partially proprietary, and it is definitely a Unix operating system.

formerly_proven | karma 13110 | avg karma 3.44 · | 2021-08-03 15:02:48

Linux isn't Unix: commercial Unix already got obliterated by Linux (and the dotcom bubble, Itanium). Completely different development model, vastly different capabilities.

lproven | karma 7229 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2023-12-19 08:46:20

Apple macOS is a UNIX™ and has been for decades, both in Arm and x86 implementations, and before that in PowerPC form.

Two Linux distros, both derived from CentOS Linux, have also held certification in the past.

Whether an OS is a UNIX™ or not is nothing to do with whether it is based on AT&T code and has not been since Novell bought AT&T Unix Labs and donated the trademark to the Open Group in 1993. For three decades, whether it's a Unix or not depends solely on whether it passes Unix compatibility testing.

Linux is a Unix and so is macOS.

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