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.
Define what you mean by non-unix like? Android is Unix like, it hides it from the user but the NDK is still a Unix like API, all devices have a POSIX shell /system/bin/sh installed which can be accessed via a terminal emulator app or using adb. The filesystem structure is different than most systems but there’s still a /dev, /etc, /bin, and /proc. Not to mention one of the most unixy designs being the fork() call which android uses as the basis of all app processes. What I mean is Android has a parent process containing all the basic stuff an app needs called zygote which is then forked to become an app processes when an app is launched and then the rest of the app stuff is loaded into that new process, an exec to fully replace the parent is not done. That’s a very unixy design decision that isn’t usually available on other systems.
Technically speaking if we’re going by the hides it from the user perspective then the steam deck qualifies to the same extent. It’s hidden until a power user doesn’t want it to be
Sorry, looks like I did not do my research. We can scratch Android off as an example then.
What do you want? Everything Linux is Unix like
I assume they mean non-Xorg/wayland, but I really don’t know for sure.
me reading your comment: 😪 Can I just get a non-MS win10 alternative that isn’t exactly like moving to a new country requiring I learn a new language and culture?
It’s not as hard as moving to a different country, really. What the comment described was quite technical internal working of an OS, neither of which does really concern you as a user.
If you simply want to switch to Linux, use some beginner friendly distro (Linux Mint, Fedora etc.) and you’re done.