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Are there any non-unixlike Linux-based OSes ~~other than Android~~? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by amon@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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To clear it up I am referring to just the kernel. You can set anything you'd like as PID 1 so we can have a non-unixlike userland. For example, some users set their kernel to boot directly into Emacs, without an init system.

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

You won't really find anything since the kernel dictates a huge amount about how the OS behaves. If you look at the differences of Linux to other OSes, most of them are in the kernel.

Android is still very Unix-like in its userspace. I think probably the biggest thing you can change is to ditch the archaic /bin, /usr, etc. filesystem. Android and NixOS both sort of do that.