Topic: One week into using Linux with no prior coding experience...
epoch flicker !!//ofCutyg started this discussion 2 hours ago #137,355 And I've now got an old laptop hosting a BBS on Debian.
What is happening?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 hours ago , 12 minutes later[^] [v] #1,455,239 Get a Mac. They just work. Thanks.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc joined in and replied with this 2 hours ago , 5 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,240 @previous (B)
> Get a Mac. They just work. Thanks.
Mac is UNIX based, which is why the macOS kernel is called XNU, which stands for "X is not unix."
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Anonymous B replied with this 2 hours ago , 1 minute later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,241 @previous (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
Correct. Unix is superior to everything else. It is secure and stable. Thanks.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 2 hours ago , 45 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,242 So Unix isn’t Linux, but Linux is like Unix and macOS isn’t Linux but macOS is like Unix, but macOS isn’t Unix it’s "x is not Unix." So basically all that nonsense cancels out and the terminal experience is similar and much better than windows.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 2 hours ago , 48 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,243 @1,455,241 (B)
Also homebrew is great.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 2 hours ago , 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,244 …except macOS is officially a form of UNIX because it meets the UNIX standard even though it’s called not UNIX.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc quadruple-posted this 1 hour ago , 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,245 It’s simple really.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 39 minutes ago , 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,273 @previous (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
HP-UX was discontinued last year 🪦
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc joined in and replied with this 8 minutes ago , 31 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,276 @previous (D)
I googled it and it looks like it was designed to scare people.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 7 minutes ago , 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,455,277 If Putin uses a computer, I imagine it is running HP-UX.
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