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The non-goals of Redox We are not a Linux clone, or POSIX-compliant



Redox bills itself as a Unix-like OS. Seems to me Posix compliance, or attempting to get close to it would fall under being "Unix-like".


If they wanted to build a Unix, they’d have said they were building a Unix.


I think you're splitting hairs. If someone is making an OS they claim is "Unix-like", then it isn't unreasonable for someone to expect that the code that compiles and runs on AIX, HP-UX, MacOS, Solaris, and OpenBSD will also compile and run on this new "Unix-like" OS with minimal changes. If they're not going for POSIX compliance, or even getting reasonably close thereto, they're going to have a hard time being "Unix-like" in practice, certifications be damned.


Might be worth reading this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like


Unix like might also mean the CLI experience.

For example, AmigaDOS and BeOS took some ideas from Unix, without being Unix compatible.


Is windows unix-like because it implemented POSIX via WSL?




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