Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

rbowman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.
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