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"But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver" (lemmy.ml)
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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

Isn't that like claiming all Linux, Android and MacOS are just UNIX?

[-] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mean not technically.. those products use a separent kernel that has its own development path away from the Linux kernel. Linux is just a compatible Unix kernel but I wouldn't classify it as a Unix operating system since it diverges into its own thing. Android still uses the Linux kernel not some piece of code that they developed and not some commercial Unix product

[-] legion02@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Not if they don't share any heritage with Unix. Osx is the only one that fits the bill there.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It also counts in the other way: Apple licensed the UNIX™ trademark.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!",[6][12] chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code.[6][13][14] Stallman chose the name by using various plays on words, including the song The Gnu.[4]: 45:30 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU

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