Difference between macOS and GhostBSD
1. macOS :
macOS is a series of proprietary graphical operating systems which is provided by Apple Incorporation. It was earlier known as Mac OS X and later OS X. It is specifically designed for Apple mac computers. It is based on Unix operating system. It was developed using C, C++, Objective-C, assembly language and Swift. It is the second most used operating system in personal computers after Windows. The first version of macOS was launched by Apple in 2001.
2. GhostBSD :
GhostBSD is a free and open source operating system which was developed by Eric Turgeon and GhostBSD Team. It is an Unix-like operating system whose design is inspired from TrueOS operating system. It has a default desktop environment called MATE. It is specifically used for desktops and workstations. Earlier it used a default desktop environment called GNOME. The first version of GhostBSD was launched in 2009. It has the Monolithic kernel with modules.
Difference between macOS and GhostBSD :
S.No. | MACOS | GHOSTBSD |
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1. | It was developed by Apple Incorporation. | It was developed by Eric Turgeon. |
2. | It was launched in 2001. | It was launched in 2009. |
3. | It is specifically designed for Apple mac computers. | It is designed for desktops of all companies. |
4. | Its target system types are workstation, personal computers and embedded systems. | Its target system types are workstation and desktop. |
5. | Computer architectures supported by macOS are x86-64(10.4.7-present), IA-32(10.4.4-10.6.8) and PowerPC(10.0-10.5.8). | Computer architectures supported by GhostBSD are IA-32 and x86-64. |
6. | Its kernel type is Hybrid with modules. | Its kernel type is Monolithic with modules. |
7. | Its package management is macOS installer. | Its package management is Port collections. |
8. | Its update management is Software Update. | Its update management is by source or network binary update. |
9. | Its native APIs are Carbon, Cocoa, Java and BSD-POSIX. | Its native APIs are BSD/POSIX. |
10. | It has preferred license of Proprietary, APSL and GNU GPL. | It has preferred license of BSD. |
11. | The non-native APIs supported by its subsystems are Toolbox, Win16 and Win32. | The non-native APIs supported by subsystems are Mono, Java, Win16, Win32 and Linux. |
12. | File systems supported by macOS are HFS+, APFS, HFS, UFS, AFP, ISO 9660, FAT, UDF, NFS, SMBFS, NTFS, FTP, WebDAV and ZFS. | File systems supported by GhostBSD are UFS2, ext2, ext3, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, ReiserFS, XFS and ZFS. |