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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: SeekAndFind

Ping to #142 above.


143 posted on 07/13/2018 9:43:19 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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