It’s a lot simpler to say Linux to keep the conversation going than it is to say Mac is BSD based and therefore is a Unix system and has all the exact same benefits of a Unix based system. There is no joke here, maybe you just like correcting people when they’re trying to have a conversation.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago

Calling something Linux is very specific, and it's just not true for macOS. E g. if someone brings you an encrypted drive that uses LUKS, you can't mount it in macOS. But both are Unix-like, macOS even being UNIX certified. However, from what I understand, these mostly concern a specific part of the stack that doesn't guarantee that you can work with the other system, this is rather something for applications to target. I mean cool I can enter a shell and list files on macOS, but that doesn't fix the problem.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, macOS is unix based, and when debbuging a friends mac, I usually find that I find the terminal more comfortable than the Windows Command Prompt.

Now, that Mac does break in very weird ways sometimes, but I digress.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Linux Is Not UniX

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 20 hours ago

Also Gnu is Not Unix