Dear Bruce: As others have answered, the primary difference is philosophical. And, the primary outcome of this philosophical difference is the license by which you get the software. And, that's a huge difference that should not be underestimated. To learn more, look at: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy Indeed, I'll go out on a limb and say that, imho, accessibility would have been first developed on Unix had the cost of Unix hardware been affordable in the late 1970's and 1980's. But, it wasn't affordable to the ordinary computer user until Linux came along in the 1990's. As for searching, your best bet, even for searching the blinux archives, will probably be Google. You can restrict your Google results to Linux by using: http://www.google.com/linux Bailey, Bruce writes: > Greetings. I am new to this list but not the field of AT. Please be gentle with you correction of my inevitable newbie gaffs... > > Janini recently wrote: > > You should be clear that you're not running Linux. > > The BSD on which your Mac's OSX is based bears many resemblances, > > and many things will work similarly. But, it is not the same thing. > > Is Unix off-topic for this list? > > Is there is a good reference URL that outlines the differences? I understand and appreciate the whole OSS background, but is there more than philosophy? > > What is the best term to refer to matters relating to both Unix and Linux? I now wonder if my preferred phrase for someone who is experience with the CLI, Unix Geek, can offend on two levels! > > I am not getting hits from the Blinux search engine. Am I doing something wrong or is it known to be broken? I have tried both of the following: > http://leb.net/blinux/blinux-list.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/ > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list