RSSGNU-Darwin Enters Beta
By Justin Jenkins | Published October 29, 2001, 2:45 PM
The GNU-Darwin distribution of Apple's open-source effort offically reached beta Monday. Aimed at being the most free and open of any distribution utilizing the unique Darwin/Mach Operating Environment, GNU-Darwin is not directly related to Apple. Instead, it is developed openly and based at the popular Source Forge Web site. Over one hundred packages are incorporated in the release including an Xdarwin window sever, abiword word processor, Open-SSH-2.9.9, an enhanced version of the Dillo Web browser and the GNOME desktop environment.
Mac OS X.1 users can now install the GNU-Darwin basefiles with one command as root.
curl http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/one_stop | csh
Darwin-only users (i386 or Mac) will need the curl package, or should consult the network installation instructions for Darwin.
In addition, the bootable installer CD now installs Darwin-1.4.1. It is recommended for installation of the Darwin Unix base, but it also includes the GNU-Darwin beta packages.
Darwin, the core of Mac OS X, is based on FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies.
Cut fewt some slack. he didn't say anything about Linux vs. Windows, and you're a******s for picking on everything he says.
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|Thanks, I'm starting to become accustomed to it. I'll likely get banned again though. LOL
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|If i get this will I be able to run os X apps on my PC?
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|No, OS/X apps are compiled for OS/X libraries on the PowerPC platform. Even if Apple decided to port OS/X you would need OS/X Intel application binaries.
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|But what does this mean? Is it Mac Only? Can it be used on non-Apple systems? Guess we have to go find out for ourselves...
James Wheat
http://belprecomputerwizard.com
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|Just saw from the Apple site only Intel PII systems are supported. All AMD and VIA chipsets are listed as not supported. That sucks.
James Wheat
http://belprecomputerwizard.com
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|Meaning it will run on AMD and VIA chips, it's just that they don't support running it on those systems.
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|Now we just need the OS/X gui, and some PPC->Intel application porting ;-)
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|yeah then we can run those 2 or 3 really good apps for Mac on our PC, even though there are better solutions that would run natively on our machines :shakeshead:
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|Why is it that you have to bash anything that doesn't have a start button? Do us all a favor, take the phone cord ethernet or whatever connects your computer to the internet, and cut it into little pieces.
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|Macs are PCs. Perhaps you were referring to a specific operating system that has the ability to run on an Intel-based architecture?
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|Dunno...why do KDE and Gnome both have essentially a task bar and a start button? D'OH! I dunno...I was too busy recompiling my kernel for the 13th time today...new pre-patch came out...3rd one today! w00t!
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|Hey fewt or Ativo, or whoever you are. We get the point, you love linux and hate Windows. That's great we're all proud of you. You supposedly work for a really big company (I say supposedly because I have a thoery that you're actually 12 or something) we're all proud of you. Now that we get the point, you can lay off the "Linux is better than Windows" talk. We're all happy you sleep with a stuffed penguin at night and have 1 billion servers that have 99.9999999999% uptime becuase you run Linux. YEAH FOR FEWT HE RUNS LINUX!!! Ok, now that you know were all proud, you can move on with your life.
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|STFU, I wasn't even talking about linux in this thread.
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|There's the language of a highly successful businessman...nah, more like a 12 year old...
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|Thanks! :-P
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