Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

Your Name <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:35:22 +1200

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On 2026-06-24 01:24:17 +0000, Lawrence DÂ´Oliveiro said:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:42:03 +0100, scole wrote:
>> 
>> I'm still finding my feet with Linux - there's a few strange quirls
>> to it that my Mac-shaped brain is struggling to cope with ...
> 
> Yeah, Linux is a proper Unix-type system, unlike that whatever it is
> that Apple runs on its machines.

Technically, you've got that almost-backwards.

Linux is a "Unix-like" operating system. MacOS X is built on Darwin 
derived from BSD, which is also another Unix-like operating system. 
Although neither is true Unix, MacOS X is certified by Unix, while 
Linux is not ... so legally MacOS X can call itself Unix and Linux 
cannot.  :-p