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   Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t   
   02 Sep 25 20:12:19   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-02 00:10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:57:43 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Aug 27, 2025 at 12:56:58 AM EDT, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro"    
   ldo@nz.invalid>   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:36:35 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Aug 24, 2025 at 7:37:45 PM EDT, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Apple created entirely separate OSes for its phones and its   
   >>>>> tablets   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. iOS is   
   >>>> a fork of MacOS (OS X at the time).   
   >>>   
   >>> Completely different GUI, therefore completely different kernel.   
   >>> The GUI is not a separate, modular layer, remember.   
   >>   
   >> Instead of continuing to dig yourself into a hole, just admit that   
   >> you know nothing about Operating Systems in general and Apple in   
   >> particular.   
   >>   
   >> OF COURSE the GUI is a separate layer. That's part of what Unix is   
   >> all about. Modular, portable and scalable.   
   >   
   > No, that’s part of what the “Unix philosophy” is about, or perhaps   
   > better renamed the “*nix philosophy” now, since the one OS still in   
   > common use that has licensed the “Unix” trademark does not, and   
   > actually has never (since its NextStep days) abided by that   
   > philosophy.   
   >   
   > No, the macOS GUI is *not* a separate, modular layer, like on Linux.   
   > Are there alternative GUIs available, like on common Linux distros?   
   > Can you install it without a GUI at all, like on Linux, and administer   
   > it remotely via SSH? Can you login on text consoles, like on Linux?   
   >   
   > No, and no, and no.   
      
   macOS   
      
   Can you install it without a GUI? No.   
      
   Can you administer it remotely via SSH? Yes.   
      
   Can you login in via text console? Yes.   
      
   Shows what you know.   
      
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