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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. Re:Maybe a major problem? by SirDaShadow · · Score: 0, Troll

    can you say, half-assed effort? :)

  2. Re:GCC by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quality?

  3. Re:Where's the source? by azaroth42 · · Score: 1, Troll
    The part you were unaware of, is that MS is miles ahead of them as Outlook 2002 can automatically run organic machine code without human intervention.

    Also known as the Virus.

  4. It takes days to get an image iso , plus its not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It takes days to get an image iso from apples stingy ftp seervers, plus its not opendarwin.org

    we need to suppor the FREE and OPEN non apple controlled non-fascist cvs tree of openDarwin.org

    At OpenDarwin.org 17 year old coders are wecome, not banned, and AMD chips are not hated and disabled (at least in spirit).

    lets hope fork #3 of darwin (os x is private fork 1 of freebsd only at apple) stays relevant and quickly diffs apples slop into their tree.

    SUPPORT THE CAUSE! Support www.OpenDarwin.org

  5. Re:For the freaking 10,000th time... by g4dget · · Score: 2, Troll
    No Apple isn't going to give away the rest of MacOS X. As much as many folks go gimme-gimme-gimme-for-free Apple's management has fiduciary responsibility to keep the company profitable; giving away MacOS X in its entirety will not further that goal.

    Well, what will further that goal, then? Do you really believe that software developers are going to switch in droves to a proprietary, single platform set of APIs that requires the use of a 20 year old unsafe programming language? APIs that are only implemented on the hardware from a single company, which ships a very limited range of machines?

    I certainly don't: I think Cocoa and Quartz are a dead end, with no prospect of widespread adoption by software developers, outside a die-hard community of Mac developers. Calls for Apple to open source the GUI have nothing to do with "gimme-gimme-gimme", they are simply a reflection that most developers and companies don't want to commit a lot of time and effort to a set of APIs that stand and fall with the fortunes of a single vendor. Open sourcing Cocoa and Quartz wouldn't make the APIs technically more attractive, but at least they would ensure their continued existence.

    In any case, I don't actually want Apple to open source Cocoa and Quartz--I think it would just prolong the agony. I think Cocoa and Quartz will have to be replaced within a few years with something very different--unless Apple goes out of business first.

  6. Re:So this doesn't have a pretty GUI? by eadier · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is looks so stupid. It might look like a apple computer but it sure doesn't perform like an apple. Why are you running IE on linux, that is just stupid..

  7. be Very careful with this release by commodoresloat · · Score: 1, Troll

    yes it will please all you multi-boot fetishists, but there is a downside. Darwin will disable all your mouse buttons except for one.

  8. Re:Anyone actually use Darwin? by RealityThreek · · Score: 0, Troll

    You were modded as flamebait because you expressed a fairly strong opinion without backing it up.

    In this later post you did indeed say why you enjoy using FreeBSD, but again there was no stated reason to lead us to believe "linux sucks" for everyone. Many people take this type of posting as trolling.

    To avoid such a rating, you could have said "I disagree with the ideology of the Linux community." Or "FreeBsd does everything I need it to, and I get the benefit of saying that I don't belong to the all-too-trendy group running RedHat's latest release."

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    :wq