Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon
rbowman <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:45:57 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Your Name <[email protected]> wrote: >>On 2026-06-24 01:24:17 +0000, Lawrence D´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 > > Noone cares about the brand any more. Having used AIX, which meets the Single Unix Specification for UNIX 03 I'm not sure being a 'true UNIX' is a recommendation.