Category talk:Unix software

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[edit] Sane Organization

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)
  • MacOS — Classic and OSX programs that offer *native* Aqua GUIs or otherwise a significantly expanded codebase for OSX support
  • 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).
    • BSD — Stuff that works in *all* BSD distributions
      • FreeBSD — Stuff that *only* works in FreeBSD
      • OpenBSD
      • NetBSD
  • Cross-platform — Stuff that works on *all* the major PC operating systems (e.g. apache, php, etc.).

[edit] Should GNU project software be a subcategory of this one?

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