To clear it up I am referring to just the kernel. You can set anything you’d like as PID 1 so we can have a non-unixlike userland. For example, some users set their kernel to boot directly into Emacs, without an init system.
To clear it up I am referring to just the kernel. You can set anything you’d like as PID 1 so we can have a non-unixlike userland. For example, some users set their kernel to boot directly into Emacs, without an init system.
I don’t get the quesion either. First of all, Linux is technically the name of a kernel. So you can have that with many different userlands. And if we’re not talking about that: Linux itself is unix-like. So anything based on it would end up being unix-like as well. At least to a degree… We can hide that with a shiny UI like on Android, or the Steam Deck. Maybe you’re looking for (exotic) open-source operating systems that aren’t based on Linux and don’t feel like that? Haiku, Inferno, ReactOS, KolibriOS … We also have the BSDs, Darwin/MacOS, Solaris (on the unix-like side), Windows, DOS, a buch of real-time operating systems and some more exotic projects… But I think the way your question is phrased, such a thing cannot exist. By definition.
Im talking about the kernel without GNU or Systemd or anything
alpine fits that, or derivatives like postmarketos
My LG TV runs Linux. And I’m pretty sure I had the GPL in some other home appliances as well. You’d also find the Linux kernel running in a lot of other embedded devices as well. Roombas… Sometimes they boot straight to custom software. TomTom GPS devices do (or did) that AFAIK. Other car entertainment devices as well. And I think there is some design pattern in which you run your microservices without a full Linux in the container on a server.