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To: SeekAndFind
Try LINUX instead. LOL

Actually, Mac OS is Linux...

140 posted on 07/13/2018 7:56:31 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron
>> Try LINUX instead. LOL

> Actually, Mac OS is Linux...

Actually, NO IT'S NOT. Emphatically not.

MacOS is based on FreeBSD Unix, not Linux. Completely different at all levels except "work-similar".

The Linux kernel was written as a "work-alike" for Unix in the early 90's, but that kernel and the BSD Unix kernel are completely different "under the hood". The system libraries of Linux and BSD are likewise completely different, even though they implement similar functionality.

Both BSD and Linux make extensive use of the Gnu operating system sources (utilities, tools, etc.) and thus have many command-line commands in common. However, they are alike only at the source-code level -- their running programs (executables) are not at all cross-compatible.

142 posted on 07/13/2018 9:42:27 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Magnatron; SeekAndFind
Actually, Mac OS is Linux...

Uh, no. MacOS and OS X is actually UNIX™ not Linux. Linux is a clean-room work alike constructed copy of UNIX™.

Apple macOS and OS X are the world's best selling, completely certified POSIX® compliant and TradeMarked by the Open Group versions of UNIX™ being sold today. UNIX preceded Linux by at least two decades.

For a good explanation of the history of the two, read this link.

Linux vs. Unix: What's the difference?

147 posted on 07/13/2018 11:38:16 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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