OSNews > Thread > "RE[2]: What BSD could have been" by orestes

Linked by David Adams on Tue 8th Apr 2008 16:33 UTC

"I am very happy about the direction in which the Mac OS X GUI is going, although sadly many Mac users aren't interested in (or don't know about) the "lower levels" of the Macintosh Operating System. Have you ever wondered why the Terminal greets you with the words "Welcome to Darwin"? Why do BSD and Mac OS share certain bits of code? Why does Wikipedia describe Mac OS X as a graphical operating system? Today we're going to take a look at the underlying open source technology which powers your fancy Leopard OS - the hidden core set of components, named Darwin."

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RE[2]: What BSD could have been

by orestes on Tue 8th Apr 2008 21:11 UTC in reply to "RE: What BSD could have been"

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2005-07-06

I'd say it was more a combination of timing (hello AT&T lawsuits), licensing choice, and culture that led to Linux taking off

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RE[3]: What BSD could have been

by ari-free on Tue 8th Apr 2008 21:50 in reply to "RE[2]: What BSD could have been"

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2007-01-22

culture was a big part of it. Linus brought together the minix community and the gnu community when he used their tools. linux wasn't forked the way bsd was. He gave the opportunity for a lot of people to contribute to the kernel. Developers like that sort of thing as it was the ultimate hackOS. It feels good to say you made a difference to an OS that many people use.

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