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by yuribro 2028 days ago
I find it interesting how definitions of words drift away from their original meaning.

> is becoming less Unix-y every year

And the examples given are: no package manager, outdates packages, not open free software

Doesn't this exactly describe the original UNIX OSs? Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX and so on?

It sounds to me like a self fulfilling prophecy - he models his expectations on a modern Linux or BSD distribution, and of course at the end they will match what he wants.