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But what does that mean?

Apple's latest OS release is the newest member of the Open Group list of officially verified UNIX variants – by quite some margin.and is an official, compliant version of UNIX™, but that may not mean exactly what you think. For instance, macOS does not use any AT&T source code –"Unix" stopped meaning that way back in 1993 when Novell bought UNIX from Bell Labs, as we discussed early last year when we announced that, earlier this month. The arrival of 15.0.

POSIX is essentially a set of compatibility specifications and tests, including having the right tools present in the right locations. So long as they are there, an OS can pass the test, which is how systems such as IBM's z/OS mainframe operating system are on the list. z/OS is a distant descendant ofDue to a project I'm working on , I'm interested in the posix standard definition. Could somebody please point me to a machine-readable format of the latest posix rules?as well.

The core of macOS is close enough to qualify. It uses a kernel called XNU , and a user-land mostly derived from BSD code. XNU is based on the). It also has a large in-kernel"Unix server" derived from BSD code – meaning that the industry's most famous and successful microkernel OS isn't really a true microkernel at all.Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support while Mint 22.

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