[TUHS] First Unix-like OSes not derived from AT&T code?

Andrew Warkentin andreww591 at gmail.com
Sun May 1 19:30:28 AEST 2022


What was the first "clone" functional Unix (i.e. an OS not derived
from genetic Unix code but highly compatible with genetic Unix)? Idris
is the earliest such OS of which I am aware (at least AFAIK it's not a
genetic Unix), but was it actually the first? Similarly, which was the
first "outer Unix-like" system (i.e. one with strong Unix influence
but significantly incompatible with functional Unix)? Off the top of
my head the earliest such system I can think of is Thoth (which
predates Idris by almost 2 years), but again I'm not sure if it was
actually the first.


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