From: J G Miller on
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:12 -0700, Phred Phungus wrote:

> I just learned this:
> $ uname
> Linux

To see even deeper mysteries of your system, try

uname -a

> What would this say if it were run on a mac terminal?

That question should be posed in a Macintosh related news group.
From: Keith Keller on
On 2010-03-13, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote:
>
> I just learned this:
> $ uname
> Linux
> $
>
> What would this say if it were run on a mac terminal?

$ uname
Linux

if someone took a Mac and installed linux on it!

--keith

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From: Loki Harfagr on
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:39:21 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :

> On 2010-03-13, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> I just learned this:
>> $ uname
>> Linux
>> $
>>
>> What would this say if it were run on a mac terminal?
>
> $ uname
> Linux
>
> if someone took a Mac and installed linux on it!

not only, a Mac terminal plugged in a linux box should also read
$ uname
Linux

Now, for a terminal on a Mac 'uname -s' should read "Darwin"
From: Joe Beanfish on
On 03/12/10 22:00, Phred Phungus wrote:
> I just learned this:
> $ uname
> Linux
> $
>
> What would this say if it were run on a mac terminal?

Welcome to Darwin!
chair% uname
Darwin
chair% uname -a
Darwin chair.foobar.com 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30
20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
powerpc