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wkat4242 4 days ago

Apple isn't really BSD. The mach kernel is very different. There's some shared heritage dating back to nextstep but it's very deep. And some userland. But that's really all.

yjftsjthsd-h 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

> There's some shared heritage dating back to nextstep but it's very deep. And some userland.

The userland is pretty important. To most Debian users, Debian GNU/FreeBSD would feel more familiar than Alpine/Linux (with busybox and no GNU coreutils).

elcritch 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure it's very distinct but the vibe still feels more *BSD due to that early userland. That shared heritage runs deep. I'd also say it also feels more like Solaris/Illumos. Linux has just always had a very different vibe to it.