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Porting Unix Command-Line Tools to Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-command-lines dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over at Apple has posted a technote on porting Unix programs to Mac OS X. Nothing earth-shattering, but nice to see it all collected."

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  1. Troll Nostalgia (was:petrified natalie portman) by hkon · · Score: 3, Funny

    stuffing hot grits down my pants while watching *BSD die.


    What is this? Retro-trolling? If you're trying to keep up with the latest trolling trends at least make the hot grits stuff you down its pants or something.

  2. Re:So by Lars+T. · · Score: 4, Funny

    because RMS would demand to put GNU in front of any product they sell. GNU/Mac OS X, GNU/iMac ...

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  3. Re:what's the point? by Gropo · · Score: 2, Funny
    False. OSX is not UNIX. It's a proprietary apple OS.
    Crap! What jokester put all this POSIX-compliancy in my "proprietary apple OS"?
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  4. GNU? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny
    So, the article title is 'Porting Unix Command-Line Tools to Mac OS X', and everyone talks about porting GNU tools to Mac OS X. I thought that the whole point was that GNU's Not Unix?

    Not to moderators: It's a Joke. Laugh.

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  5. Re:what's the point? by jo_ham · · Score: 2, Funny

    eek! You're right! I installed OS X 30 days ago and now it's telling me I have to phone Apple, long distance, to "activate" it or somethingwith my Social Security Number, my passport details, my dna, the rights to my first born child and two side orders of onion rings.

    I need to write my term paper and I'm like, bummer, they're engaged.

    OS X is not a Unix like cigarettes don't cause cancer.

    Sure the top layers are proprietary, but the Darwin level is all open source. Hell, you can download it from Apple's site and install it yourself.
    Or install OS X itself and compile all those useful tools designed for BSD-style unix OSes.

    They keep the top levels closed for a reason - to make money, and to ensure that the overall feel of the system stays the same.

  6. Re:So by Ponty · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean we'd be able to buy GNU/eMacs in stores?