Great. macOS is freebsd so it's not Linux but closer to Linux than Windows. That... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		roscas 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linu... Great. macOS is freebsd so it's not Linux but closer to Linux than Windows. That is good. The bad is that Apple is just like Windows, just wants to look better. It is not. Better than Windows? Ok, a little better yes.

p_ing 6 months ago [–]

macOS is not FreeBSD. It’s Darwin which contains some FreeBSD subsystems built atop Mach, and some FreeBSD userland.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Da...

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact