This is not *all* the source from the 10.5 release of Leopard. Rather the source for Darwin."Darwin is the open source UNIX-based foundation of Mac OS X. Darwin integrates a number of technologies, including the Mach 3.0 microkernel, operating system services based on FreeBSD 5 UNIX, high-performance TCP/IP networking, and support for multiple integrated file systems. Because the design of Darwin is highly modular, you can dynamically add device drivers, networking extensions, and new file systems."In short this isnt like CentOS taking RHL and redistributing it, rather its the Kernel and much of its base and userland bits. You wont find the eye-candy features (Dock) or Finder or the likes here.OneDingo, you can still buy a Mac, but dont base it soley on this source release.Several years ago (gosh!) there was a project called OpenDarwin, unfortunately it stopped work:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDarwin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDarwin</a>
Alright, I can recognize my mistakes when I see them.... The whole sarcastic tone makes me look like a dumbass on top of that. Sorry everyone, won't do it again :(
thushanNov 7, 2007
This is not *all* the source from the 10.5 release of Leopard. Rather the source for Darwin."Darwin is the open source UNIX-based foundation of Mac OS X. Darwin integrates a number of technologies, including the Mach 3.0 microkernel, operating system services based on FreeBSD 5 UNIX, high-performance TCP/IP networking, and support for multiple integrated file systems. Because the design of Darwin is highly modular, you can dynamically add device drivers, networking extensions, and new file systems."In short this isnt like CentOS taking RHL and redistributing it, rather its the Kernel and much of its base and userland bits. You wont find the eye-candy features (Dock) or Finder or the likes here.OneDingo, you can still buy a Mac, but dont base it soley on this source release.Several years ago (gosh!) there was a project called OpenDarwin, unfortunately it stopped work:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDarwin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDarwin</a>
starmantaNov 7, 2007
That is, all the things that make OS X, OS X. :P Every feature Apple has given a name to is closed source.
Closed AccountNov 16, 2007
Alright, I can recognize my mistakes when I see them.... The whole sarcastic tone makes me look like a dumbass on top of that. Sorry everyone, won't do it again :(
knowmongerJan 3, 2008
I mean, why can't they make it full open source ? Thats why Linux is much better.