Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Dec 2008 11:58 UTC, submitted by probono
Most of you will know that the underlying core set of components of Mac OS X and the iPhone operating system are released under the Apple Public Source License, an FSF-approved open source license. Few of you, however, will have actually used Darwin in any other form than Mac OS X or the iPhone OS. Despite numerous projects attempting so, Darwin has never gained any significant traction apart from Apple's own interest. The PureDarwin project tries to rise from the ashes of the OpenDarwin project, and has just released a Christmas developer preview.
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2006-08-18
Not interesting in the least bit.
Its just like Linux or other Unix-like OSes but with the crippled hardware support of OS X. You'll basically need a Mac or Mac-compatible hardware (Hackintosh) for there to be working drivers.
I recently tried a newer x86 image of Darwin 8 and it wouldn't even boot on my 5 yo Dell machine.
BTW, I believe PureDarwin has XFree86 working not Xorg X-Server. Few Unixes use XFree86 anymore after it was abandoned years ago by the vast majority of developers due to infamous license change.