Re:Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox
by teacup50 on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:47PM
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> Being a licenced Unix is a technicality, mostly involving willingness to pay for a badge.
It's not, actually. You also have to do a lot of work to conform to the specs.
Linux doesn't. BSDs come very close. Mac OS X is conformant.
Re:Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox
by stephenr on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @10:56AM
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> Being a properly free and unrestricted environment to work with and work in is not
So why didn't you say that? You said "I was referring to Linux as a proper, unrestricted Unix-environment"
To be pedantic, Linux is the kernel. The environment, is the GNU userland, which is specifically NOT UNIX.
Yes I know it's Unix-like. But when you start your complaint with "it's not proper" try to at least know what you want it to be and what you don't want.
OS X is a "proper UNIX" operating system.
GNU/Linux distributions are free unix-like operating systems.
Being a properly free and unrestricted environment to work with and work in is not. That's something concrete, real and has actual value.