Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?message-squaremessage-square504fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down119
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minus-squareplanishlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoOn phones Android is pretty typical, and on desktop Unix is also pretty typical because MacOS is it. But non-Mac Unix on the desktop is pretty unusual, and stuff built for Mac specifically often won’t work on other Unixes.
minus-squareCashewNut 🏴@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoMaybe POSIX-compliance is a better metric: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX
On phones Android is pretty typical, and on desktop Unix is also pretty typical because MacOS is it. But non-Mac Unix on the desktop is pretty unusual, and stuff built for Mac specifically often won’t work on other Unixes.
Maybe POSIX-compliance is a better metric: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX