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In order to standardize the UNIX software listing with the
other operating systems, I am creating this category and moving all the previously categorized.
In a sane world, programs that compile and run on *two* or more UNIX-like operating systems (BSD, Linux, MacOS X, Solaris, etc.) would be put into this main category, followed by sub-categories for MacOS X, Linux, BSD (for programs that only work on one of those).
The tree would look like
Windows — Stuff that only works in Windows
Why should this only be used for stuff that only works in Windows? What about, e.g., stuff that runs natively under Unix and under Windows, but not under Mac OS? —
Daniel Brockman 03:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)reply
MacOS — Classic and OSX programs that offer *native*Aqua GUIs or otherwise a significantly expanded codebase for OSX support
Presumably that's "Mac OS X", not just "Mac OS".
Guy Harris (
talk) 19:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)reply
UNIX — Stuff that works in *two* or more of the below
HP-UX — Stuff that *only* works in HP-UX
Linux — Stuff that *only* works in Linux (such as the Linux kernel)
Solaris
SCO Unix
Darwin — Console/daemon applications or apps that require an
X11 server that could run on MacOS X's underlying UNIX system but do not have native MacOS X support (e.g. cat and GTK).
...and that presumably don't run on any other UN*Xes (otherwise it'd be "Unix software").
Guy Harris (
talk) 19:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)reply
BSD — Stuff that works in *all* BSD distributions
FreeBSD — Stuff that *only* works in FreeBSD
OpenBSD
NetBSD
Presumably there could be categories for other UN*Xes, such as
AIX,
IRIX, etc..
Guy Harris (
talk) 19:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)reply
Cross-platform — Stuff that works on *all* the major PC operating systems (e.g. apache, php, etc.).
What are "all" the major PC operating systems? Presumably that includes Windows and Linux; does it include any of the BSDs, or Solaris? What about OSes that don't run on standard PCs, such as Darwin/OS X (yeah, yeah, I know,
hackintoshes), AIX, etc.?
Guy Harris (
talk) 19:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)reply
Should GNU project software be a subcategory of this one?
I'm attempting to categorize the article for
multitail and while it's entirely possible I'm crazy, I can't find a subcategory that's appropriate for sysadmin software (it would be sysutils in fbsd ports).
I don't feel experienced enough to add a category all on my own. Thoughts?