CoffeeFiend Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Isn't the iPhone Linux based?Nope. The only Linux-based phones I'm aware of are those based on Google's Android platform, but even then, there aren't any of those out yet, and I'm not so sure it'll be that great either (haven't been impressed by prior reviews)iPhone OS = OS9 = FreeBSD ~ LinuxNot at all. OS 9 is the old classic Mac OS that has NOTHING in common with Mac OS X. Mac OS X has a Mach kernel, which is BSD-based (it's not BSD, just based on it). It also has a lot of heritage from the NeXT platform. And FreeBSD isn't Linux at all, just like OS X or Solaris or Windows aren't.
weEvil Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 (edited) iPhone OS = OS9 = FreeBSD ~ LinuxNot at all. OS 9 is the old classic Mac OS that has NOTHING in common with Mac OS X. Mac OS X has a Mach kernel, which is BSD-based (it's not BSD, just based on it). It also has a lot of heritage from the NeXT platform. And FreeBSD isn't Linux at all, just like OS X or Solaris or Windows aren't.My bad. I don't know much about OS9.While I do realize that FreeBSD and Linux are not the same, the similarities are striking enough to group them, especially since they evolved from UNIX. Edited November 25, 2008 by brucevangeorge
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