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Darwin 1.3.1 Released, x86 ISO Available

Posted by michael on from the for-masochists-only dept.

marmoset writes: "Apple has released a new Darwin (the open source foundation of Mac OS X) snapshot. The new version is 1.3.1, which brings the Darwin packages up to the level released on the Mac OS X CD. The big news this time? There are both PPC and x86 disk images available."

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  1. No, it's not sarcasm, it's here by Watts+Martin · · Score: 5

    I'm stunned nobody else responded to this by pointing to the GNU-Darwin Project homepage. So here it is.

    No, this isn't a joke.

  2. Link update by boinger · · Score: 5

    Nice try, kids. Look here if you want the release info.

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  3. Get your facts straight by Infonaut · · Score: 5
    First - Windows Media Services is a great way to go if you want to continue Microsoft's hegemony on the desktop. Competition is good.

    Second - Last I heard, Real was charging $2,000+ for Real Server 8. That may be cheap to you, but it isn't to me.

    Third - Darwin was not written for the Macinosh, it was built on BSD and was never intended to be used solely on PowerPC hardware.

    Fourth - If you're down on apps that are configured through text files, perhaps you're not really very familiar with this thing called UNIX, which happens to use a text files all over the place for configuration. Ever heard of Apache?

    Fifth - Speaking of web server platforms running on the Mac, maybe you've heard of Apache, WebTen, WebStar...

    Sixth - "free with the purchase of Windows 2000" says it all.

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