Is OS X Unix only with a better GUI
- Thread starter hax anon
- Start date
Solution
skittle
Splendid
- Dec 27, 2006
- 4,036
- 3
- 23,960
OSX is mostly POSIX compliant. No you cannot run OSX applications on Unix. Most software written for Linux/Unix will run on OSX though.
More information on the OSX kernel, Darwin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
http://superuser.com/questions/49434/how-unix-is-mac-os-x
More information on the OSX kernel, Darwin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
http://superuser.com/questions/49434/how-unix-is-mac-os-x
Ijack
Splendid
- Jul 30, 2008
- 7,099
- 0
- 28,010
Linux/Unix software will not run on OS X unless it is recompiled. Programs with a graphical interface will also need X-Window to be installed on the OS X system (which is not the default). In general you cannot take a program from one Unix system and expect it to run on a different system without at the very least recompiling the program from source code. Most programs will require some additional changes although these are often automated in the source distribution.
OS X is one of the very few OSs that has the right to be called Unix.
OS X is one of the very few OSs that has the right to be called Unix.
TRENDING THREADS
-
-
News Nintendo obliterates 8,535 Yuzu repos — Nintendo's most effective DMCA takedown campaign in years- Started by Admin
- Replies: 20
-
Question Need some help with a new prebuilt not displaying- Started by Creatir
- Replies: 16
-
News AMD's gaming revenue nosedives 48%, not expected to recover until 2025
- Started by Admin
- Replies: 38
-
News Windows 11 market share declines as users seemingly shift back to Windows 10
- Started by Admin
- Replies: 52
-
Question Win 10 BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, Need help plz- Started by neurotic02
- Replies: 7
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram