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by King Cheung on July 13th, 2005

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Is Mac OS 10.x+ actually based on unix/linux?

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  • by Lucas_ on July 14th, 2005

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    It's not based on Linux, but it is Unix-y. Mac OS X is based on the Mach Kernel, an open-source kernel which is not used in any other major operating system. On top of that, it runs the FreeBSD services. Apple calls this "UNIX-based". In fact, it pretty much is a Unix system, even though it's not officially called that.

    More about this can be found at Apple's site, for example under the following URL:
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/

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