Apparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linux

[marathon01@lemmy.ml]

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[telorand@reddthat.com]

Sillies! It's based on GNU!

[vk6flab@lemmy.radio]

What I find more shocking about this assertion is that I have no facts to back it up, but I believe it, and I'm not surprised.

Of course someone here has a link to some actual research .. right?

[enemenemu@lemm.ee]

What are you looking for?

Actually, what OP is referring to should be called GNU/Linux. Here's a link to do some more research https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

Is apple free? No? Then it's either violating the GNU license or it is not based on it

[bogasse@lemmy.ml]

I'm not that surprised, a lot of people around me dot have a clear picture of what is the relationship between MacOS, Linux and Unix is. So I suppose some of them would guess that Linux is a modern fork of Unix and MacOS based on Unix.

[vk6flab@lemmy.radio]

I'm familiar with Linux, having used it daily since 1999.

I'm referring to the research about tech workers thinking that MacOS is based on Linux.

[enemenemu@lemm.ee]

Since OP is sharing it, op should back it up, not you

[cosmiccleric@lemmy.world]

Unix, Linux, whats the diff?

<ducks and runs>

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[icerunner_origin@startrek.website]

The Mac OS X core operating system is based on proven technology from many sources. A large portion of this technology is derived from FreeBSD, a version of 4.4BSD that offers advanced networking, performance, security, and compatibility features.

Darwin kernel architecture overview

[matmarspace@programming.dev]

Oh...

[matmarspace@programming.dev]

I love the idea of licensing comments XD

[zink@programming.dev]

I get that it specifies tech workers, but still my first reaction was that 12% is pretty low. You can find a much higher percentage of people who are confidently wrong about way more important things.

[cosmiccleric@lemmy.world]

You're probably the only one, but thank you for saying that.

[irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I mean it's kind of like the "humans evolved from monkeys" or whatever primate you want to substitute for monkey. No, they branched off from a common ancestor though.

I mean lots of people get mixed up between BSD, Linux, UNIX, and all the variations over the years. Is MacOS a version of Linux? No. Is a human a type of ape? No. Are MacOS and Linux way, way closer than either are to Windows, hell yes. Just like people are way closer to being monkeys than swallows. There's a lot of mixed breeding in both examples and a lot of total incompatibilities as well.

[matmarspace@programming.dev]

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. GNU is not an operating system unto itself, but rather a gathering of the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components that together with a Linux kernel comprise a full OS as defined by POSIX.

(Finally it's the other way around )

[lnxtx@feddit.nl]

It's a mess: 24C3: Inside the Mac OS X Kernel ~inv.nadeko.net~.

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

They probably are thinking of the FreeBSD stuff in macOS.

[cosmiccleric@lemmy.world]

I'm leaving this here for comedies sake.

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[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

12% of people believed JFK was going to be resurrected a year ago or some dumb shit. The point is, more than 1/4 of the population are not smart.

[southsamurai@sh.itjust.works]

Pft, everyone knows macOS is just a fancy DE on top of Hannah Montana Linux