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Darwin 6.0.2 for x86 Released

Posted by pudge on from the i-guess-people-do-still-use-x86 dept.

Jos Louis writes "Apple has released the x86 version 6.0.2 of Darwin, the FreeBSD-based core of Mac OS X. You can download the bootable ISO on Apple's site."

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  1. The kernel boots.. by Zephy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and the code compiles.. assuming there isn't a lot of h/w specific code.. then OSx86 not far away?

  2. Re:GCC by killmenow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Attention /. readers: Please don't feed the trolls.

  3. OS x86? by Q3vi1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, how long before someone's going to put together the Aqua package of x86 and have OS X applications able to run on x86 architecture?

  4. There's a reason for this... by tomthebomb · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There is a reason behind why OS X has not been released for PC. In fact, there is probably many, but the biggest thing is is that Microsoft would pull Office for Mac if they started to compete on the same hardware. Microsoft x86 or Apple x86? Office is the most used business suite availible on the market. If it gets pulled, Apple will be dead in the water.

  5. So this doesn't have a pretty GUI? by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Am I correct in assuming that this Darwin ISO will not install the pretty GUI associated with OSX?

    Last Saturday I played with my RedHat 7.3 distro, to make it look a little like MacOS. This was accomplished with a Sawfish theme, a GTK 2 theme, an XMMS skin and a Nautilus theme.

    Three screenshots within GNOME: http://opax.swin.edu.au/~137591/linux/

  6. GNUStep versus GNOME/KDE? by cpeterso · · Score: 3, Redundant

    I've been researching GNUSteplately and wondering why it doesn't get more high profile attention. The GNUStep framework seems to solve many of the same problems that GNOME and KDE are trying to solve. However, instead of reinventing the wheel, GNUStep uses a time-tested API design that is source compatible with Mac OS X (a platform many people consider the pinnacle of user-centric Unix). What can GNOME and KDE do that GNUStep/OpenStep cannot?

    If people truly do write new Mac OS X apps in Cocoa, then GNUStep could easily give those developers cross-platform support for Linux (and other GNUStep supported platforms). Don't Linux users want more "native" apps?

    I believe the biggest problem for GNUStep is that few people use Objective C. That is a big speedbump to people adapting their legacy code.

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    cpeterso
  7. I can respect your opinion about Linux, but by SHEENmaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't really want to get into why I don't like Linux for the same reasons I don't go to Mass and talk about what and asshole Jesus was.

    In or out of church, please don't even joke about that.

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    You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.