At 11:47 AM -0800 2/11/07, Hex Star wrote:
hmm? what do you mean not even close? OK so maybe
it's based on Unix, not
linux but it's still a good part of the *nix world is it not? I'm sure it is
seeing as how with all the stuff they've opensourced (all of the *nix
stuff)...it seems to be a good chunk of the OS, the only thing not
opensourced is of course the gui side of OS X...if I'm still wrong please
tell me why as it seems to me that OS X is a great part of *nix...
Mac OS X runs on a Mach microkernal, and just happens to have a
optional BSD based subsystem that provides a fairly decent Unix
command-line environment. They also provide an optional, and
crippled X-Windows implementation.
The Unix parts of Mac OS X aren't great, but they are enough for most
of what I need. Personally if I need to do any serious Unix work,
I'll use Solaris, OpenBSD, or even Linux instead.
Don't get me wrong, Mac OS X can make a good Unix workstation, but
Unix or Linux it isn't.
Zane
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