← Back to context Comment by zepto 5 years ago iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 6 comments zepto Reply damnyou 5 years ago Yes. it's accurate to describe iOS as iOS/Darwin, and macOS as macOS/Darwin. But "BSD" implies a BSD userland to most people, which macOS has but iOS doesn't. zepto 5 years ago Linux implies a GNU userland to most people which Android does not have. saagarjha 5 years ago Alpine Linux is unequivocally a Linux despite not having much to do with GNU in userland. 1 reply → damnyou 5 years ago Well, that's precisely what Stallman was trying to address, wasn't he? Trying to separate out the Linux kernel from the GNU userland. 1 reply →
damnyou 5 years ago Yes. it's accurate to describe iOS as iOS/Darwin, and macOS as macOS/Darwin. But "BSD" implies a BSD userland to most people, which macOS has but iOS doesn't. zepto 5 years ago Linux implies a GNU userland to most people which Android does not have. saagarjha 5 years ago Alpine Linux is unequivocally a Linux despite not having much to do with GNU in userland. 1 reply → damnyou 5 years ago Well, that's precisely what Stallman was trying to address, wasn't he? Trying to separate out the Linux kernel from the GNU userland. 1 reply →
zepto 5 years ago Linux implies a GNU userland to most people which Android does not have. saagarjha 5 years ago Alpine Linux is unequivocally a Linux despite not having much to do with GNU in userland. 1 reply → damnyou 5 years ago Well, that's precisely what Stallman was trying to address, wasn't he? Trying to separate out the Linux kernel from the GNU userland. 1 reply →
saagarjha 5 years ago Alpine Linux is unequivocally a Linux despite not having much to do with GNU in userland. 1 reply →
damnyou 5 years ago Well, that's precisely what Stallman was trying to address, wasn't he? Trying to separate out the Linux kernel from the GNU userland. 1 reply →
Yes. it's accurate to describe iOS as iOS/Darwin, and macOS as macOS/Darwin. But "BSD" implies a BSD userland to most people, which macOS has but iOS doesn't.
Linux implies a GNU userland to most people which Android does not have.
Alpine Linux is unequivocally a Linux despite not having much to do with GNU in userland.
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Well, that's precisely what Stallman was trying to address, wasn't he? Trying to separate out the Linux kernel from the GNU userland.
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