Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:22:35 -0000 (UTC)

Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:32:08 +0200, John Bokma wrote:

> On 25/06/2026 03:14, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:15:58 +0200, John Bokma wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/06/2026 03:24, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, Linux is a proper Unix-type system, unlike that whatever it
>>>> is that Apple runs on its machines.
>>>
>>> In what way?
>>
>> One obvious one: a core part of the Unix tradition was separation
>> of the GUI from the OS kernel. Apple threw that one right out the
>> window.
>
> How?

By integrating its GUI tightly into its OS kernel.