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    Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive (lemmy.world)
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    [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    So is Linux, but it puts stuff like that in /dev

    [–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    The thing is, a lot of the legacy backwards compatible stuff that's in Linux is because a lot of things in Unix were actually pretty well thought out from the get go, unlike many of the ugly hacks that went into MSDOS and later Windows and overstayed their welcome.

    Things like: long case sensitive file names from the beginning instead of forced uppercase 8.3 , a hierarchical filesystem instead of drive letters, "everything is a file" concept, a notion of multiple users and permissions, pre-emptive multitasking, proper virtual memory management instead of a "640k is enough" + XMS + EMS, and so on.

    [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Unix was designed for mainframes, qdos/msdos was designed to be a cpm knockoff the local nerd could use to play commander keen and do his taxes. It's actually impressive how much modern/business functionality they were able to cram into that.

    [–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago

    Unix was designed for mainframes

    Unix was never for mainframes. It was for 16-bit minicomputers that sat below mainframes, but yes they were more advanced than the first personal computers.

    It’s actually impressive how much modern/business functionality they were able to cram into that.

    Absolutely, but you have to admit that it's a less solid foundation to build a modern operating system on.

    In the 80s, there were several Unices for PC too btw: AT&T, SCO, even Microsoft's own Xenix. Most of them were prohibitively expensive though.

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