Talk:Unix

z/OS
I would like to maintain my opinion that z/OS as meeting the Single UNIX Specification is equally worthy as any other UNIX OS.

The competing argument is that the Unix philosophy determines the Unix family tree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Altanner1991 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

unix ported to interdata in 77 not 78
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdata_7/32_and_8/32 2001:558:6033:16B:59D:F7F5:D1B4:651 (talk) 17:28, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Fixed in this edit. Guy Harris (talk) 20:00, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Android interface claimed to be a unix interface
As far as I know Android is not a UNIX and its interface doesn't run on anything bother than Android. The idea that any Android specific interface can be a UNIX interface seems not well thought out. 89.239.195.102 (talk) 12:36, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * If you're referring to the "Default user interface" item in the infobox, that item mentions the command-line interface (which doesn't greatly differ between UN*Xes) and the low-level bases of graphical user interfaces (which do differ). It lists both GUI bases ("window systems') that run on several different UN*Xes (X11, Wayland) and those that don't (SurfaceFlinger, Quartz}, indicating which particular platforms use one of those GUI bases.  That claim amounts to a claim that SurfaceFlinger, Quartz, and whatever the GUI bases of iOS/iPadOS/etc. is called are (the bases of) the user interfaces for particular UN*Xes; I don't think it's intended to be a claim that those GUI bases can be used on arbitrary UN*Xes.
 * As for whether Android is a UNIX, I have the impression the low-level core API (Linux system calls plus UN*X routines in Bionic) is close enough that it could be considered a UN*X. Guy Harris (talk) 22:13, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, Android is Linux ... well it uses the Linux kernel ... well its kernel codebase is derived from the Linux kernel codebase both historically and to some extent, maybe, takes contemporary updates from the Linux kernel codebase. ... The Linux kernel is based on Unix, but is very specifically _not_ Unix, at least in a legal/licensing sense ... Does Linux share any codebase with Unix? IDK. If it did historically, they forked long ago. Linux is intended to replace Unix since it provides similar functionality with a similar design. In conclusion, Android is a Unix ... and Android is definitely not a Unix. :) Stevebroshar (talk) 10:04, 30 May 2024 (UTC)