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Gentoo, Fink, and DarwinPorts Join Forces

Posted by michael on from the darfinkgen dept.

Mr. Quick writes "From Metapkg, "In order to better provide freely-available software to users of Mac OS X and Darwin, we Fink, Gentoo, and DarwinPorts commit ourselves to work together." A unified front for free software on Mac OS X is something that was needed."

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  1. Re:This is what Linux needs by RoLi · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Wrong. Competition is great and leads to better results.

    The main reason why Linux is behind in the desktop is missing reliable Win32 compatibility. Usability sure is not perfect but certainly on par with WinXP (WinXP is not perfect either.)

    Everywhere, where Win32 compatibility is not needed (on servers, on embedded systems) Linux is very strong.