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  • Re: So You've Decided to Switch to Linux...

    From J.O. Aho@user@example.net to alt.os.linux,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 12:00:56
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    On 23/12/2025 19.42, Alan Browne wrote:

    To point, where MacOS is certified UNIX 03 compliant, and Linux is not certified as Unix compliant at all;

    K-UX and EulerOS used to be registered UNIX, both of them are Chinese
    Linux distributions, but I guess the cost kept them from certification
    on later versions of their distributions as Open Group don't list them anymore.

    Of course if one Linux distribution is UNIX certified, do not
    automatically make all Linux to be UNIX.


    Apple stealth mode still exists it appears...
    (Not at all cheap, mind you).

    Apple never been the cheap :P
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    //Aho
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  • From Alan Browne@bitbucket@blackhole.com to comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 10:54:47
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2025-12-24 06:00, J.O. Aho wrote:
    On 23/12/2025 19.42, Alan Browne wrote:

    To point, where MacOS is certified UNIX 03 compliant, and Linux is not
    certified as Unix compliant at all;

    K-UX and EulerOS used to be registered UNIX, both of them are Chinese
    Linux distributions, but I guess the cost kept them from certification
    on later versions of their distributions as Open Group don't list them anymore.

    Interesting. But I believe the past certifications are not "erased" - certified versions that can still run (even if 20 years old) should
    remain certified (unless later shown to not be in fact compliant).

    Of course if one Linux distribution is UNIX certified, do not
    automatically make all Linux to be UNIX.

    I believe the certification would be more at the kernel/command line,
    data interchange, standard i/o, files structure, etc. and not really get lathered up over desktop and other elements of a particular distro.

    Thus one could get compliance at that level and then load on the distro
    pack and remain compliant - as long as the core functionality of the
    "Linux" remains Unix compliant. As is Linux is very close.

    As you point out, demonstrating compliance is a formal affair, not cheap
    to do.

    Apple stealth mode still exists it appears...
    (Not at all cheap, mind you).

    Apple never been the cheap :P

    For what Apple deliver per dollar - usually worth it - though their
    upgrade memory pricing (RAM or SSD) is ridiculous to be sure. I suck
    the life out of my devices so it doesn't matter terribly much over many
    years of use. Apple could really boost their market share if they would
    stop the price gouging on higher tier memory/storage.

    PS: Stop with the assholery NG re-directs please.
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    the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."
    Winston Churchill

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