Directory of Darwin Resources

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Darwin is a Unix-based open source operating system and forms core of Mac OS X. The Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies. Darwin runs on both PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and some Intel-based personal computers.

Subcategories

• Mac OS X
• Mac OS X Development

Resources in This Category

• Fink

  http://fink.thetis.ig42.org/
  Bringing the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X.

• Hexley the Platypus

  http://www.hexley.com/
  The mascot of the Darwin OS.

• Open Software in a Commercial Operating System

  http://www.wsanchez.net/papers/FREENIX_1999/
  A paper written by Wilfredo Sánchez, the then Open Source Engineering Lead at Apple, about the use of open source in commercial software such as Mac OS X Server.

• The Challenges of Integrating the Unix and Mac OS Environments

  http://www.wsanchez.net/papers/USENIX_2000/
  A paper on the design issues Apple faced when they ported the Mac OS to a semantically different Unix base (Darwin).

• The GNU-Darwin Distribution

  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
  A Unix distribution which focuses on the porting of free software to Darwin and Mac OS X.

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