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minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-216 days agoThere’s a big difference between UNIX and Linux, and BSD can be very different from even other UNIX distributions. I believe macOS’ userland (definitely not the kernel) is based on FreeBSD 4.2.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoThe Darwin kernel is based on BSD… sort of. It’s a monstrosity hybridization of an ancient version of BSD and the Mach kernel.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down10·16 days agoLinux is a BSD fork now.
minus-squareEthan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoIf by “Linux” you mean “Unix/BSD” and by “now” you mean “for the last quarter century”, then yes. So, no.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-216 days agoMac OS is my favorite Linux distro.
Mac is based on Linux now
There’s a big difference between UNIX and Linux, and BSD can be very different from even other UNIX distributions. I believe macOS’ userland (definitely not the kernel) is based on FreeBSD 4.2.
The Darwin kernel is based on BSD… sort of. It’s a monstrosity hybridization of an ancient version of BSD and the Mach kernel.
:)
Linux is a BSD fork now.
If by “Linux” you mean “Unix/BSD” and by “now” you mean “for the last quarter century”, then yes. So, no.
Mac OS is my favorite Linux distro.