A great deal of the software that one uses on Linux is BSD licensed. We don't call it BSD/Linux.
A great deal of the software that one uses on Linux is BSD licensed. We don't call it BSD/Linux.
The Microsoft Windows operating system's network stack was ripped straight out of BSD. We don't call it BSD/Windows.
The Microsoft Windows operating system's network stack was ripped straight out of BSD. We don't call it BSD/Windows.
Mac OS X was originally built on the Mach kernel derivative XNU. We don't call it XNU/macOS.
Mac OS X was originally built on the Mach kernel derivative XNU. We don't call it XNU/macOS.
And what's up with this "...comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX"? Linux distributions are not generally 100% POSIX-compliant, anyway. Most normal people don't know or even care about what all this means. What matters is that "Linux," in everyday use, refers to any and all operating systems which use the Linux kernel. geez......
And what's up with this "...comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX"? Linux distributions are not generally 100% POSIX-compliant, anyway. Most normal people don't know or even care about what all this means. What matters is that "Linux," in everyday use, refers to any and all operating systems which use the Linux kernel. geez......
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