Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:36:04 +0100

Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc
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On 24/06/2026 06:45, Marc Haber wrote:
>> 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.  😛
> Noone cares about the brand any more.

Exactly,. we have and operating system that works pretty well available 
for free across many hardware platforms. With a cute little mascot.

Let's call it the Penguin Operating System (POS) and have done with it :-)



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