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Originally Posted by shalym
Ok...so since people can (and do) install a shell prompt and use it on their Android phones, then we can say that all of the Android phones can be considered as running Linux, right? Let's step back a bit, and say that all Android (and MacOS, incidentally) systems are running Unix, since someone used to Unix would feel at home in a Linux shell prompt. So we've established that all non-Windows systems are running Unix, right? (Although, I'm not sure about iOS--can you install a shell prompt and use Unix/Linux commands on that once it's jailbroken?)
Shari
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Unix isn't an operating system, it's a standard. 'nuff said.
OK, fine. There is/was an actual OS called unix. But when we refer to linux/OSX/*bsd/etc. as "unix" the implication is "unix-like", as part of a general family
design typically called "unix".
UNIX is a trademark now given to any unix-like kernel/userspace combo that fulfills certain specifications and pays for the privilege.
Also, the
ReactOS are very hurt that you don't think they exist.
