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How Unix is Mac OS X?
People always said ubuntu, linux is UNIX based OS, then how about mac os x? from mac os x terminal i can see most of the unix command are available does it mean mac os also built on UNIX?
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4What do you expect from an answer?– Marco van de VoortCommented Jan 11, 2010 at 13:46
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Duplicate of "How Unix is Mac OS X?" at superuser.com/questions/49434/how-unix-is-mac-os-x– ArjanCommented Jan 11, 2010 at 14:58
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Yes.
Indeed 10.5 and 10.6 are Unix (tm) certified which linux is not.
To be more specific, Mac OS X is built on Darwin---a derivative of BSD---running on a Mach microkernel.
answered Jan 11, 2010 at 13:44
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1URL/Reference? I know they were busy doing it (Apple being Unix licensee already because of A/UX), didn't know the outcome.– Marco van de VoortCommented Jan 11, 2010 at 13:45
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5UNIX 03 certified, indeed. 10.5: opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm and 10.6: opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3581.htm Commented Jan 11, 2010 at 13:51
Mac OS X is based on the Berkeley Software Distribution. BSD is Unix.
Indeed it is:
Mac OS X, whose "X" represents the Roman numeral for "10" and is a prominent part of its brand identity, is a Unix-based operating system, built on technologies developed at NeXT >between the second half of the 1980s and Apple's purchase of the company in late 1996. Its sixth release Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" gained UNIX 03 certification while running > on Intel processors.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
As another poster stated it's also Unix certified: http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm
Mac OS X is a genetic UNIX (being a descendant of NEXTSTEP and ultimately BSD, a genetic UNIX).
It's also a UNIX-like OS (being UNIX-like).
See the relationship to UNIX and Linux here:
http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/unix/timeline.html
Note that Linux is UNIX-like but no genetic or trademark UNIX. Mac OS X is both a trademark and a genetic UNIX.
answered Jan 11, 2010 at 13:54
