Category talk:Unix software

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Sane Organization[edit]

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?[edit]

See and join discussion at Category talk:GNU project software. --Easyas12c 06:25, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category for system administration software?[edit]

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?

ryan bagueros » i know en + pt-br + es » talk 01:56, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]