"With the release of Mac OS X for x86 processors, Apple has chosen to not release source to key components of the OS, such as the kernel and all drivers. This means Darwin/x86 is dead in the water; Darwin/ppc has many closed source components and is a deprecated architecture." Read more here.
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Member since:2005-11-11
"I think the same issues with trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware would bite you."
Not trying to run OSX.
OSXine would be trying to run applications that would normally run under OSX. (PS: I'm pretty sure applications are not supposed to get involved in hardware issues - they are supposed to leave that to the OS).
OSXine would do this via an "API translation layer" - where "API" stands for "Application Porgramming Inetrface".
This approach entirely gets around any attempt by Apple to claim protection under the DMCA - since no-one is trying to "crack" or "circumvent" or even run OSX itself.
Edited 2006-02-25 13:27
Member since:2005-09-02
Um....
Check COMPAT_DARWIN=YES in a NetBSD release later than 1.6.0.
It's up to 10.3 support with NetBSD 3.0, and supposedly can do things far beyond what it should (e.g. start WindowServer). :-)
So, build a graphical framework that's similar to OSX's, and you're there. GNUstep would probably be a pretty good place to start.
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2006-02-25
I think the same issues with trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware would bite you.