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Post #12,991
by orion
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10/11/01 4:47:34 PM
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New OSX on WINTEL
Yes I suppose that is the whole point, they want to limit it to Macintosh hardware. Darwin is there to appease those who want OSX on WINTEL, just run the skeleton of OSX named Darwin sans the fancy GUI and other stuff.

But should I run Darwin over Linux? What can Darwin give me that Linux cannot?

Will the Mac Clones ever come back? :)
Picking up the pieces of my broken life.
Post #13,043
by pwhysall
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10/11/01 7:11:16 PM
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New Well, if you want "Darwin"
You might as well run a *BSD. For general desktop use, I'd recommend FreeBSD.

Peter
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Post #13,205
by orion
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10/12/01 9:31:49 PM
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New Re: Well, if you want "Darwin"
Ah but what is the avantage of running Darwin if any? A modified MACH Kernel? Elite Modifications that can make the PC do backflips? A nice little Apple Logo in the X-Application windows? ;)

What would make me want to run "Darwin" over Linux or *BSD?

Can I run Darwin on a 486 or a 80Mhz 6X86 Cyrix box?
Picking up the pieces of my broken life.
     At the risk of sounding really juvenile... - (screamer) - (15) - Oct. 10, 2001, 11:01:41 PM EDT
         I'll stick with Linux myself - (orion) - (11) - Oct. 11, 2001, 01:19:13 AM EDT
             Never happen - (pwhysall) - (10) - Oct. 11, 2001, 07:29:15 AM EDT
                 OSX on WINTEL - (orion) - (2) - Oct. 11, 2001, 04:47:34 PM EDT
                     Well, if you want "Darwin" - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 11, 2001, 07:11:16 PM EDT
                         Re: Well, if you want "Darwin" - (orion) - Oct. 12, 2001, 09:31:49 PM EDT
                 Which is why it will fail. - (addison) - (6) - Oct. 15, 2001, 04:59:55 PM EDT
                     Same thing happened with Be - (tjsinclair) - (5) - Oct. 15, 2001, 11:34:17 PM EDT
                         He didn't get creamed - (kmself) - (1) - Oct. 16, 2001, 01:17:04 AM EDT
                             Thanks for comic *relief*. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 16, 2001, 09:35:05 PM EDT
                         Same thing happened with NeXT - (orion) - (2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:29:30 PM EDT
                             Re: Reg - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2001, 08:46:54 PM EST
                                 At least, not yet - (orion) - Nov. 6, 2001, 04:34:37 PM EST
         Don't have 10.1 yet - (Meerkat) - Oct. 11, 2001, 05:18:39 AM EDT
         Agreed - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Oct. 11, 2001, 11:10:35 AM EDT
             See, I told you so... :-) - (screamer) - Oct. 24, 2001, 06:15:03 PM EDT

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