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Darwin 6.0.2 for x86 Released
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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I wouldnt want anything from apple on my Beauty. I know it's a little prejudiced, but apple just makes a huge mistake when dumbing down the interface. Yes, it's elegant and beautifal, and KDE/Gnome could learn a thing or two, but it boils down to the fact that Simpler means Stupider. The downfall of Many OS's, though, has been from complex interfaces. The inbetween point is sickening (windows).
And why did you staple the trout to the RAM?
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Mr. T
can you say, half-assed effort? :)
Quality?
I certainly hope Apple isn't using GCC to compile their production software. GCC is a fine compiler, however it is inherently flawed due to the fact that it is released under the GPL liscense.
Due to the viral nature of the GPL, any software compiled using GCC could be considered a "derivative work" of the GCC, thus forcing that software to be open-source under the terms of the GPL. I doubt Apple wants the source code to their highly-prized OSX to be available to any Joe User who wants to copy it.
This is also the primary reason why Apple chose FreeBSD as the core of OSX instead of Linux. The BSD liscense is much freer (speech) than the GPL.
-atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.
This is a family-oriented site, you twisted freak. Keep your diseased lusts to yourself. In civilized countries, perverted pigs like you swing on the end of a rope for their troubles.
Christ on a crutch, it even says that in the "article" at the top of the page.
Also known as the Virus.
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
Fucking right!
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
Intel spanks IBM's ass in the performance stakes. Why do they bother?
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.
wow.
i like that.
i'm gonna get modded down for saying this..but, i think-
my balls itch.
Not mention how fucking bad the peer support is for BSD! I prefer the simple, clean, SYSV style Redhat to FreeBSD's clunky mishmash of .rc scripts strewn all over hell. Fuck FreeBSD in the bottom.
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..
yes it will please all you multi-boot fetishists, but there is a downside. Darwin will disable all your mouse buttons except for one.
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."
:wq
Switch!