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by Naijoko 912 days ago
isnt the macos system called NOT UNIX ? ^.^
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Apple macOS is a UNIX™ and has been for decades, both in Arm and x86 implementations, and before that in PowerPC form.

Two Linux distros, both derived from CentOS Linux, have also held certification in the past.

Whether an OS is a UNIX™ or not is nothing to do with whether it is based on AT&T code and has not been since Novell bought AT&T Unix Labs and donated the trademark to the Open Group in 1993. For three decades, whether it's a Unix or not depends solely on whether it passes Unix compatibility testing.

Linux is a Unix and so is macOS.