Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

On 2026-06-25 08:27, Your Name wrote:
> On 2026-06-25 01:50:40 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:
> 
>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:35:22 +1200, Your Name wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-06-24 01:24:17 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> While on Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:35:05 +1200, Your Name also wrote:
>>
>>> None of the standard software runs on it for a start - no Adobe, no
>>> Microsoft, etc. ...
>>
>> Interesting how you can claim, on the one hand, that Linux is not a
>> proper Unix-type system, yet the only examples you can offer of
>> software that won’t run on it is from companies that are not known for
>> producing Unix-type software ...
> 
> Those are two separate statements with no connection.  :-\
> 
> Besides which, those companies do sell software for MacOS, which 
> technically / legally is Unix.

Unix with a big layer on top that is not Unix.

Is the graphic layer Unix? Do those companies that sell software for 
macOS expect that particular graphical layer, or do they run directly on 
the Unix beneath?

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