Does Linux really count as a UNIX?

Does Linux really count as a UNIX?

Nope, it's not certified to be one.

Not in the strict sense, but we can call Linux a Unix like OS aka *nix.

OS X is actually certified.

No, just like Windows NT isn't DOS or Windows 9x just because they share similar command line and graphical environments (respectively)

If it doesn't derive from a Unix codebase at its core, it's not Unix.

Certification means jack shit. There are GNU/Linux systems certified as UNIX, for example, like Inspur's K-UX. Plus, making a clone that can pass as Unix doesn't make it Unix, it just makes it a clone of Unix.

OS X is actual Unix though, in the sense that it's a direct descendant of 4.3/4.4BSD

>GNU's Not Unix!

What did RMS mean by this?

OS X's kernel isn't even fully Monolithic.
Linux is closer to UNIX, even if it isn't certified.

No, linux was initially designed to be like unix but linux is not unix.

There's the UNIX brand/certification and then there's the Unix philosophy. Things that follow the Unix philosophy are basically a Unix but not always certified to use the brand name. The certification process gives an OS the right to use the branding but only things that apply to the Unix philosophy can be called UNIX.

Wrong.

>5 seconds of Google later
>GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!" chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code

So not UNIX but still *n?x

>only things that apply to the Unix philosophy
*and have been certified by the Open Group can be called UNIX(or even Unix).

Most systems that are not certified are simply called Unix-like or *nix based or they follow the Unix philosophy but they're not allowed to call themselves any variation of Unix I think.

No.

OS X is both UNIX certified and Unix by lineage.

K-UX is a UNIX certified Linux distro. It's still not Unix because it's not a descendant, it's just made to function similarly.

mandatory pedigree

Not an argument.

So, to use ``UNIX'', the average citizen should either run OSX or (FREE/OPEN)BSD ?

*OS X
And yes

Interesting. I should try some BSD just for meme factor.

Dennis Richie says it is, so yes.

Source

No, because it's a Unix clone. OS X does because it inherits code from NeXTSTEP which inherits code from BSD when it still had original Unix code

First line of the views on computing section of his wikipedia article.

>In an interview from 1999....
I highly doubt he still feels this way.

Yes

I highly doubt he feels anything at all

user...

he is

I highly doubt he feels anything at all anymore

Probably not since he's dead.

GNU certifies to be a UNIX like system in a way, Linux isn't too much like MINIX's Kernel but in a way does act as a UNIX so it's a ghetto UNIX clone.

>being dead means you no longer have opinions
He's just no longer bound to his physical form.

linux it's purest form of unix available

No

But that doesn't mean it isn't a direct Unix descendent.

*macOS

The Linux kernel started off as a MINIX clone.

*OS X

>non-Microkernel kernel
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>systemd

no, Fluck off

*macOS

*OS X

Jesus Christ, grandpa. It's macOS now.

No, it's OS X.

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>doesn't know what a microkernel is
>doesn't know what systemd does
>hates them because it's trendy, giving no reasons

Why does it matter?

>Mentioned how a linux isn't a microkernel
>Somehow equates to me saying microkernels are bad
> Mention how systemd has been proven to go against proper UNIX conventions, yet are on all popular Linux distros
>trendy

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I dont think so