I don't think the kids these days know that UNIX exists.

UNIX is also basically irrelevant unless you are talking about macOS technically being UNIX, so I agree with the kids.

The idea that Linux is a monoculture is also hilarious to me. That umbrella includes things like RHEL, SteamOS, Bazzite, Android, Chromebooks, Gnome, KDE, dwm, i3, your robot vacuum, car infotainment systems..."Linux" is the exact opposite of a monoculture.

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pjmlp 5 hours ago | parent [-]

All powered by the Linux kernel, the very meaning of monoculture.

Also it isn't as if BSD, FreeRTOS, Aix, INTEGRITY, SmartOS, Illumos, QNX,... don't exist.

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6c696e7578 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Aix

This is more a limitation on the architecture - virtually nobody has power arch hanging around to play on.

	▲	pjmlp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		As owner from Red-Hat and Linux contributor since 1998, IBM isn't certainly blocked by choice, they also have Linux for the same architecture, which Aix customers could switch to and don't.

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dewodadataz 43 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, AIX essentially _does_ not exist unless you happen to work in an enterprise or are in a similar environment that has it. It's not something to easily get your hands on – esp. not "as a kid".

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vardump 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

FreeRTOS is an odd one in that set.

	▲	pjmlp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It also has good enough POSIX support.