What’s the general opinion on the BSDs? Are they just Unix-Like (like Linux), or are they really Unix?

Some call them “heritage Unix”, because, although they no longer contain a single line of AT&T code (and haven’t for over 40 years), they were ultimately derived from the original Unix.

This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, because I wonder, if you consider BSD to be “true Unix”, what other “Unix-like” operating system besides Linux kernel-based systems there are. Or are “real” Unices also considered “unix-like”?

As an aside, what about macOS, if you use the command line a lot?

  • The Quuuuuill@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Nah, UNIX certification requires paying money and almost all of the BSD spins said “That’s dumb, we barely have money as it is”

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      1 year ago

      Smart choice. I didn’t know that, thought it was free, cuz I think I read somewhere that all were certified… I guess I remembered wrong. It was probably about something esle.