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WMD:

quote:Originally posted by evil fucking bastard jimmy james:
it doesn't. nobody seems to understand that it's not UNIX at all.
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MacOSX = BSD = UNIX  

hm_murdock:
Ya, on second thought, it doesn't matter

but...

Mac OS X /= BSD

Mac OS X uses BSD code for it UNIX layer.

Remember, for OS X, BSD is an installable layer that runs atop MACH.

This is what seems to be lost on most people... Darwin is as much "UNIX" as Linux is. That is... it ISN'T. Darwin is built on MACH, just like OS X, and NeXTStep/OpenStep before it.

Just to let you know... show me a BSD UNIX system that has...

/System
     /Library
/Library
/System/Library/Classic

Show me BSD using .kext system extensions for hardware driver support. Show me BSD using .app bundles for applications.

Download this...

http://ecsyle.com/jimmy/media/notunix.zip

and check out two packages. Internet Connect.app is one package. I see it and manipulate it as one icon. in the Finder, there's an icon labeled "Internet Connect" and that's it. everything beyond that is irrelevant.

As for the other file in there, it's the .kext bundle that allows GeForce support in Quartz and Quartz Extreme.

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flap:

quote:Darwin is as much "UNIX" as Linux is. That is... it ISN'T.
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Well of course, they're both kernels, whereas UNIX is an entire operating system. OSX, as well as GNU/Linux, is a Unix-like/Unix-based system. It uses a Unix API, Unix userland, it's POSIX compatible, and Apple themselves say it's Unix-based. Arguing over whether it literally "is" UNIX or not is pointless, since that doesn't really mean anything, unless you're talking about whether it's officially certified Unix or not.

Get over it.

Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by evil fucking bastard jimmy james:
it doesn't. nobody seems to understand that it's not UNIX at all.

Come on guys, learn things
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It is BeOS that isn't based on UNIX, not Mac OS X.

insomnia:

quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:


It is BeOS that isn't based on UNIX, not Mac OS X.
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WRONG.

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