Comparing to Linux is too general. You need to say what distro and what install level. I really only use headless Linux, but I've never logged into a fresh install and not had to do some sort of 'apt install devel-packages' equivalent for which ever distro being used. That's the same thing with macOS after choosing which package manager to use. I don't see how Linux vs macOS is very different
reply> What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux?
replyFor starters, the source code.
And why would you need that to run LLMs?
replyApart from that, for the UNIX part, the source is available for quite a few components:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions
notably also the kernel
> Apart from that, for the UNIX part, the source is available for quite a few components:
replyStrictly speaking, Apple can claim to ship a UNIX® operating system:
Yeah for a while they used that in marketing copy actually, but it's been a while I think.
replyDarwin is still available. Open source no one’s picked up the gauntlet…
reply> And why would you need that to run LLMs?
replykokonokko1337 already said it was good enough to run LLMs, presumably RunSet isn't saying the source code is needed to run an inference server.
They say, not doing anything with Linux’s source code other than mentioning its existence.
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