Android phones for example

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    Android is maintaining a fork of Linux kernel that has since diverged.

    Its like saying MAC is UNIX, technically yes but not really

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      2 months ago

      Its like saying MAC is UNIX, technically yes but not really

      macOS is UNIX-based. Period. In fact, “[s]tarting with Leopard, macOS has been certified as compatible with the Single UNIX Specification version 3 (SUSv3).” Source

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      2 months ago

      macOS definitely is Unix. In the literal sense that it is actually certified (unlike FreeBSD, for example), and it is very much Unix-y under the hood.

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      As far as I can tell literally everything (except for windows) is UNIX, it isn’t exactly a high bar to pass, it’s like saying all drinks are water based which is technically true but I’m not going to give a kid a wine box when I run out of juice boxes.