A *nix section

[bmlkiddo]

The OS section was removed, yes.

This may be better apt to be just a general technology section, like Healthy Living and Artwork.

Yes but, there's so much more to technology than healthy living or artwork. You cannot group such a broad subject or you'll just end up filtering through front pages of things that have nothing to do with eachother. I posted this in another thread:

• Separate the programming section into a few subsections.
• Make an operating system forum with subsections for the three main OS's
  Or even a "Technology" board with a mobile forum for iOS/Android and the Operating system forum with separate subsections for Windows/Mac/*nix
• The OS sections can also be tech support help forums
• Makes rules against being Low Quality.

We should have a technology board, with subsections for each main OS structure. A Windows person cannot help a Mac person. A Mac person can't definitely help a *nix user. I'm tech support for Windows machines and *nix systems, but whenever someone comes with a Mac issue I go blank eyed and attempt to fix it, but I'll be honest, I have no clue how to fix a Mac. I've never touched one. I can't just log in as root and go change configs, reinstall and repackage. Having such a broad section would just be a mess.

tl;dr

• Would be messy
• Linux != Mac
• Any.OS != Any.OS
• Technology general != healthy living/artwork general
• Need seperate sections to seperate tech support
• Make sections for the main Operating systems in a technology forum

I'd also like to point out that Linux == *nix but *nix != Linux

*nix is a general term for all *nix-like systems. Including *BSD.