Comment by otabdeveloper4
1 month ago
> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally
"Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*nix" thing, please.
1 month ago
> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally
"Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*nix" thing, please.
BSD would like a word.
They can't be heard over the faint booing from the Solaris crowd.
For that matter, if we're including the proprietary OSs, HP-UX is still kinda a thing and AIX is going strong. Of course, IIRC those are actual certified UNIX™ instead of unix-like... though I'd call that a subset, so still in scope IMO.
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We don't talk about BSD here.
Before clicking the links.. How confident do you feel about your assertion?
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Unix%20l...
Very confident.
The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.
The linked trends suggest a revival of the term though.
> The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.
The meaning of words evolve over time though. Text is still broken into lines by "carriage return/line feeds" and is written on "hard disk" split up in "sectors".,. Over time people using these would not have seen a typewriter or even know what a platter is but may still use it to communicate effectively.
Illumos is still actively developed, open source, and can trace its lineage back to actual unix.
For that matter, we've had new members joining the family over the years; https://www.redox-os.org/ is, in their own words, "a complete Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, with a focus on security, reliability and safety."
For anyone wondering, OpenSolaris -> illumos (e.g. OpenIndiana). Good times!
Not to mention that Version 4 UNIX source code was just released!
Well, yes, but that's not exactly a modern OS, just historically interesting.
Darwin is not UNIX (nor is XNU). But macOS technically is certified UNIX.
XNU literally stands for “X is Not Unix”