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  • Yoru@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I thought Unix was kinda like an operating system? Does Windows not count?

    • Cris@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Unix is a specific operating system, and there are a lot of operating systems based on it or derived from it (Linux, MacOS, BSD, and both Android and ChromeOS which are based on the linux kernel)

      Here’s a handy link to the Wikipedia page for unix. You may find the intro & history sections more useful than the stuff about what Unix is from a technical perspective, or how it works.

      This may be sacrilege, but I don’t mind seeing someone’s Windows customizations here, though its not what the community is intended for

    • Lucia [she/her]@eviltoast.org
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      1 year ago

      Basically, nowadays Unix (or more formal POSIX) is a standard for operating systems to follow. Most modern operating systems are either derived from Unix (modern MacOS and Solaris), inspired by it (Linux and open-source BSDs) or at least POSIX-compatible (Haiku). Windows is neither of this - being monopoly they basically don’t need to follow a standard when they can force everyone to implement their solution.

      So yeah, Unix is an OS and Windows doesn’t count.