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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The 5 Most Customizable Linux Desktop Environments
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 22:53:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 15 May 2025 15:04:51 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

> W dniu 15.05.2025 o 01:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro pisze:
>>
>> Unlike other common platforms, the GUI is not baked into the OS kernel
>> -- it is a separate, modular layer.
> 
> No "common platforms" but M$ Windows. Jabłoko MacOS and Linux are Unix
> like systems and have such separation. Sony PlayStation consoles are
> based on FreeBSD so they are also Unix like. The same is true for
> Android.

Android is based on a Linux kernel and is sufficiently modular that you 
can run a regular-style Linux distro on it.

MacOS does not have the GUI separation any more. It is “Unix” in trademark 
only, not in the way you expect a “Unix” system to work.

I doubt the PlayStation can even be classed as “Unix”.