HopfgeistJun 17, 2023

Is BSD "unix-like" or is it "true Unix"? Is it welcome here?

https://feddit.de/post/890129

Is BSD "unix-like" or is it "true Unix"? Is it welcome here? - Feddit

What’s the general opinion on the BSDs? Are they just Unix-Like (like Linux), or are they really Unix? Some call them “heritage Unix”, because, although they no longer contain a single line of AT&T code (and haven’t for over 40 years, they were ultimately derived from the original Unix. This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, because I wonder, if you consider BSD to be “true Unix”, what other “Unix-like” operating system besides Linux kernel-based systems there are. Or are “real” Unices also considered “unix-like”? As an aside, what about macOS, if you use the command line a lot?

Show threadPCChipsM922UJun 17, 2023
It's more Unix like than Linux. It's sticks to the Unix philosophies more than Linux does. MacOS is basically a modded version of FreeBSD with a DE.
Show threaddarkpandaJun 17, 2023

macOS is also a certified UNIX according to the Open Group:

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

Show threadPCChipsM922UJun 17, 2023
All BSD flavors are as far as I know.
Show threaddarkpandaJun 17, 2023
The list of “certified” UNIXes is pretty limited. The referenced site only lists like 7 UNIX versions as certified and don’t mention FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD or DragonFlyBSD, just stuff like AIX, SCO, IBM z/OS and HP-UX in addition to macOS.
Show threadPCChipsM922U
Hm, I thought all of them were... maybe there's a process and it takes time and money. From what I can see, all of those are proprietary and commercial.
Jun 17, 2023 at 10:55pmWeb