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otabdeveloper4 • last Friday at 4:53 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally

"Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*nix" thing, please.

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onestay42 • last Friday at 4:59 PM

BSD would like a word.

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yjftsjthsd-h • last Friday at 5:11 PM

Illumos is still actively developed, open source, and can trace its lineage back to actual unix.

For that matter, we've had new members joining the family over the years; https://www.redox-os.org/ is, in their own words, "a complete Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, with a focus on security, reliability and safety."

wpm • last Friday at 5:41 PM

Darwin is not UNIX (nor is XNU). But macOS technically is certified UNIX.