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Bookmark or Share- Is Linux a Unix? - Unix & Linux Stack ExchangeLinux is more 'Unix-like' so yes simplistically you could call it a clone, the same is true for BSDs (although admittedly BSDs could be considered closer to Unix than Linux). The main thing that gives Linux the Unix-like title is the fact that it is nearly fully compliant w/ POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]) standards that ...
- osx - Is Mac OS X UNIX? - Unix & Linux Stack ExchangeRe Linux-like userland: OS X's userland is closer to FreeBSD. Examples: OS X uses BSD find which requires the directory (it doesn't default to . as GNU find does); BSD commands lack --long-options; GNU commands have more options than in BSD; OS X lacks /proc; OS X's primary GUI is almost entirely different from Linux's (X11 is a mere sidecar on OS X); OS X's dynamic linkage system is entirely ...
- How can I get Unix like paths working in Bash on Windows?Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
- Best Unix-like environment for windows - Super UserProbably not an answer, but if you are looking for the best Unix-like environment for Windows, you probably can't do any better than installing a Unix-like OS on a virtual machine. I regularly use a Linux installation in a VirtualBox VM at my workplace, where I cannot install Linux on the actual hardware, with no issues at all.
- What makes an operating system "Unix-Like"?I believe most "unix-like" OS's do make a very serious effort to adhere to the POSIX standard, which is overseen by the Open Group, who also control the Single UNIX Specification which defines a "true UNIX". The former is the core of the later. So there is, in fact, a standard which defines the practicalities of unix-like operating systems ...
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