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    When the Linux user hears an iOS user say they hate Windows (i.redd.it)
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    [–] homes@piefed.world -3 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

    iOS users were *nix users 15 years before linux was actually usable

    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

    Classic Mac OS was not unix like. Mac OS X, which was based on NeXTSTEP was. But that came out in like 2001.

    iOS came out in 07

    [–] homes@piefed.world -1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

    Next step was based on BSD, which was based on UNIX, you fucking idiot

    How can you breathe?

    [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    I was playing WoW on linux long before the iphone was a twinkle in steve jobs's eye.

    [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago

    WoW was introduced in 04 or 05 and the first iPhone was 07 depending on how you trace iPhone lineage that’s not exactly correct.

    If we trace iPhone back via PDA’s we have to start talking Newton which was out by the early to mid 90’s so it predates Steve’s return so it was definitely a twinkle in his eyes.

    I used Gentoo in that timeframe and it wasn’t exactly a simple process to get any Linux running on a laptop (desktops were different I’m sure) which is why I used Gentoo. I figured if I was going to have to search and compile shit I might as well compile the whole thing.

    [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

    Shit, I'm still waiting for the day macos (I assume that is what we are actually talking about here) is usable.

    [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    iOS is not unix like, stop spreading misinformation

    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

    Correct.

    IOS is based on Mac OS, which is certified unix.

    https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3725.htm

    [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    what

    [–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    iOS is a fork of MacOS, which is actually UNIX

    [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago

    in any self respecting independent posix benchmark MacOS is almost always leading or at least in the top 10% at being the worst one(s) in posix compatibility, iOS completely hides all and any UNIX-like userspace to the end user, MacOS hasn't cared about posix compatibility and unix-likeness more than enough to get a cert to claim posix compatibility and ships outdated versions of many CLI utils and many things in which although outside of POSIX are expected to be in a certain way in unix-like OS which MacOS simply doesnt follow or care at all (e.g basic FHS, /home etc...)

    [–] homes@piefed.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

    Wrong, fuck off. iOS is based on BSD. Stop being stupid.