Re: Open Source Release for Mac OS X 10.5.8
Re: Open Source Release for Mac OS X 10.5.8
- Subject: Re: Open Source Release for Mac OS X 10.5.8
- From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:32:09 -0500
On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Éric Lévénez wrote:
Darwin as a bootable OS *from Apple* is dead, and has been for
quite some time. OpenDarwin took up the torch for some time, but is
also no more.
Darwin as the UNIX core of Mac OS X is very much alive.
Yes, sure :-)
Do you disagree? The UNIX core of Mac OS X is called Darwin. If you
dispute the statement that, "Darwin as the UNIX core of Mac OS X is
very much alive," then that would imply you don't think Mac OS X as an
OS is alive. ;-)
Darwin as a collection of open source projects and software
components included in Mac OS X is very much alive; some with
considerable community participation and adoption; see e.g. http://www.macosforge.org
Darwin as a bootable OS from the community is as alive as the
community can make it; see e.g. http://www.puredarwin.org/
Darwin, OpenDarwin, PureDarwin, FreeDarwin, GNU-Darwin... some are
more dead than other :-)
Not really, actually. Darwin as a bootable OS from Apple and
OpenDarwin are dead, PureDarwin is alive, and saying it's "dead" is
like saying any Linux distro is "dead" because it doesn't have some
subjective level of activity.
In the bigger picture, yes, I'll concede it's probably fair to say
that any "Darwin" OS (aside from Mac OS X) is dead. But Darwin is very
much alive inside Mac OS X; the fact that it's not available from
Apple as a standalone OS called Darwin was a decision that certainly
impacted other Darwin-as-an-OS efforts, but I'm sure you'll agree Mac
OS X is something of a common UNIX OS -- some might say by far the
most common. ;-)
- Dave
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