I got a copy of just Darwin about 2 years ago, and used it till I could get a final release of OSX and I loved it.... I also give it a mighty 2 thumbs up... On Friday 02 November 2001 10:55, you wrote: > I have been using OSX for about 7 months now, not primarily as a > replacement for MacOS, but as a replacement for LinuxPPC as well. > > Mac OSX is a hybrid *nix, a cross between NeXT/OpenStep (which was in turn > derived from BSD 4.1) and FreeBSD. The filesystem layout is derived from > the changes that happened for NeXT, making directories easier to setup for > netboot and their derivative of NIS, NetInfo. The display system is > derived from the NeXTStep Display Postscript model, updated to use PDF > instead as a more recent standard. There are some things which that NeXT > heritage brings to the table that Apple hasn't fully used yet, like > built-in kernel support for clustering, the above-mentioned netboot, and > cross-platform binary compatability (under openstep, the same BINARY could > run on Sparc, i386, or NeXT68k). FreeBSD brings to the table a better TCP > stack, better filesystem compatability, the BSD's most recent stable port > of GCC, and a better set of tools all around. > > I saw somebody posted about Fink, which is definity cool, but since we're > all geeks here, I'll confide in you all that the way to go is the Darwin > ports collection, a direct port of the BSD ports tree system. It is much > more flexible, and gives you access to a LOT more software. You can get > all the details at http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net. The guy who > maintains it was just profiled by Apple, you can find that on their > site.... > > I hope this sheds some light on the subject... > > Kris Browne > Taylor Corporation Imprinting Group > SGI/Unix System Administrator > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------------ Chris Dresel "Klostrophobik" klostrophobik at homelessIRC.net www.homelessirc.net - With 2 servers in the Twin Cities