Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon
John Ames <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc |
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| Organization | A place where nothing fits quite right |
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:45:57 +0200 Marc Haber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > Noone cares about the brand any more. Lawrence clearly does.