• threelonmusketeers
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        151 year ago

        “He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he’s copied on /var/spool/mail/root, so be good for goodness’ sake.”

    • @cbarrick
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      921 year ago

      OSX is, though only loosely.

      MacOS is definitely Unix. Same syscalls, same command line, same permissions and virtual filesystem concepts. Pipes, text files, all that jazz. It uses zsh for scripting, PAM for authentication, CUPS for printing, OpenSSH for remote access, Unix sockets and virtual interfaces for networking.

      Hell, a good chunk of macOS is straight up FreeBSD.

        • @mvirts
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          61 year ago

          Lol did no one register for unix 98?

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            When it was the latest standard there were probably significantly more on 98 then we see today on 03 (or even fewer on later ones). Commercial Unix isn’t as big a draw as it was back then. They have to certify/pay every so often so stuff falls off.

            • @mvirts
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              21 year ago

              Cool that makes waaay more sense

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        Perfect examples of why OSX is an Unix-like just like GNU/Linux. It’s got a shared history with the original Unix, but isn’t literally Unix. This community is around Unix-likes, and under the Unix-like banner, I’d gladly welcome ReactOS. WSL isn’t in the spirit of it though.

        OSX has been on a number of occasions actively hostile towards FLOSS as well (particularly anything GPL), which in the last decades, have become synonymous with Unix-likes, though that’s a matter of personal taste. What isn’t a matter of taste however, is that OSX uses the XNU kernel, which is an acronym for X is Not Unix. It is not a monolithic Unix style kernel either. I would argue that OSX is only loosely Unix-like, and only mimics Unix functions for compatibility. Should Apple have the inclination, they would happily abandon it for something invented by them given the opportunity.

        Not picking a fight with you over semantics, I just loathe Apple as a business and Microsoft gets a lot of flack for their old “Embrace Extend Extinguish” policies when Apple has been exceptionally hostile towards OSS. Apple so often gets a pass when being considered a part of Unix communities yet they absolutely do not embrace the spirit of Unix-likes and FLOSS at all.

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          It’s a nit to be sure. Microsoft’s insistence on PowerShell nowhere and never is beyond mystifying. Apple at least wraps it’s XNU in “standard” libs + shells. WSL is a pile of flaming trash, a footnote to an afterthought.

          With MacOS, Terminal is x-term’ish, shell is zsh, and ls is ls OOTB. It’s easy to see why people get confused.

          With Windows, there is no terminal, Powershell is an alien quagmire, and ls is Get-ChildItem. It’s easy to see why people get confused :)

    • JackbyDev
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      321 year ago

      Uh no, it’s an acronym.

      M: Mac’s

      A: Not

      C: Unix

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        There are a couple Linux distros that have gone through the certification process with the Open Group and are “true” UNIXes.

    • @mvirts
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      61 year ago

      Wsl gets close :P but of course that’s not what we’re looking at here

  • Teon
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    401 year ago

    We have your IP address, your GeoLocation, cameras are monitoring you now.
    You will be dealt with!

  • @prettydarknwild
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    361 year ago

    i dont think that you will be banned, although i think you could tune up your desktop a bit more

      • @prettydarknwild
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        151 year ago

        maybe, but if you want to stick with windows, there are some tools that allow to create cool widgets, modify the taskbar, etc. Some examples are: winaero tweaker and rainmeter (those tools can affect windows stability and performance, and in the case of the most extreme ones, it can directly destroy your installation)

        • @[email protected]OP
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          91 year ago

          Perfect, that last sentence is what I’m looking for! Lol in all seriousness, thanks I’ll look into those.

        • JokeDeity
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          11 year ago

          I haven’t used RM in about 15 years, is it still a massive resource hog?

            • JokeDeity
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              01 year ago

              I use some alternative app for my taskbar clock, and I’ve occasionally used Wallpaper Engine wallpapers that had clocks, but at the end of the day, I still look at my watch. 😂

          • @prettydarknwild
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            11 year ago

            idk, i barely touch windows and i have never tried one of those tools

  • @hypertown
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    271 year ago

    Didn’t know you could run KDE on wind*ws :o

    • @mvirts
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      171 year ago

      Lol :P you actually can, but don’t expect a lot.

        • @mvirts
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          21 year ago

          I’m on board with a reactos KDE port 😹

  • @[email protected]
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    191 year ago

    I remember a while ago Tails developers were asking for help making the user interface mimic windows, to help people hide better the use of Tails in public spaces like libraries or cafes.

  • @mvirts
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    141 year ago

    What’s the deal with GPU:Caption and the extra white GPU?

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    Isn’t Powershell a POSIX compliant shell now? I know that isn’t “gnu/linux” but it certainly allows a lot of familiarity between the environments.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      I don’t think it’s strictly compliant, although they claim to have based it’s syntax on Korn shell, which is the strictest definition of POSIX shells.

      You can do pretty much everything in powershell that you can do in something like bash BUT, it will be done slightly differently, so trying to make a script cross compatible is pointless (you might as well just write it natively in powershell etc).

      Powershell isn’t inherently bad, unlike bash for instance which just allows piping out text output, Powershell can pass around true .net objects.
      But if what you’re looking for is cross OS compatability, you’re pushing shit uphill.

      99.9% of the time, I open powershell and just ssh into a “real” linux box.

    • @Zeth0s
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      11 year ago

      How can it be? It’s oo. Not saying you’re wrong. Honestly curious

  • Ascend-910
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    121 year ago

    I will be surprised if someone can make a tiling WM in Windows

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      Looks like the built-in window organizing thing Win11 comes with. When you drag a window to the top edge a little menu pops open for tiling your open windows.

      Doesn’t work with every window though, but browsers and spotify can be arranged that way.

    • @mvirts
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      61 year ago

      How strict are we on what constitutes a tiling wm? I’ve swapped the shell on win XP … not sure how 11 would fare

    • @nastyyboi
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      61 year ago

      There is GlazeWM (simlar to i3 - the only one that works properly on my win11 spyware), I use it daily for work (company laptop).

      These are also: Komorebi (too buggy for me) Workspacer (like dwm) - used to crash alot before bug.n (dwm fork with the bar and same congih in ahk) - dead nowdays