[Ti] (OT) OSX Linuxbaserad?

[Michael Bigley]

>I assume he is right to the fact that that the kernal is under GNU 
>but does that justify the conclusion that it is Linux based? I have 
>simply thought it as UNIX-based and I don't care either way I'm just 
>a bit surprised and would like to know if you agree with the tutor 
>or not? Thank you for your insights.

OSX contains FreeBSD version of Unix. BSD stands for Berkley Standard 
Distribution and there is a flavor of Unix that is just that (without 
the "free"). FreeBSD was open source long before Linux, so using your 
tutor's logic, Linux is actually FreeBSD-based.  Neither that 
statement nor your tutor is correct. Linus Torvalds developed the 
Linux kernel while a student at the University of Helsinki.
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