Re: """Standard""" software (was: Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon)

On 2026-06-25 05:55:22 +0000, Nuno Silva said:
> On 2026-06-24, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2026-06-24 10:36:04 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:
>>> 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 :-)
>> 
>> "PoS" is definitely he correct term for the numerous different Linux 
>> varities. None of the standard software runs on it for a start - no 
>> Adobe, no Microsoft, etc., so if you need to use any of those to be 
>> fully compatible ("alternatives" are never fully compatible, despite 
>> what they like to claim), then you need to use a proper operating 
>> system: MacOS X.
> 
> And who declared Microsoft products "standard software"?
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Most of the business world did years ago ... believe me, I wish it wasn't so!