621 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk 25 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Which operating system is your daily driver? polls
Android has Linux only for kernel.
MacOS isn't Linux at all, Darwin (kernel of macOS) is fork of BSD, completely independent UNIX.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 25 Dec 2023
MacOS isn't Linux at all, Darwin (kernel of macOS) is fork of BSD, completely independent UNIX.
Oh, interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for calling me out, lol
I just guessed that it's some branch of UNIX.
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90 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 25 Dec 2023
macOS kernel is fork of 4.4BSD, which later become FreeBSD. It comes from NextSTEP era, when Steve Jobs wasn't with Apple.
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