Darwin is a Unix-based open source operating system and forms core of Mac OS X. The Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies. Darwin runs on both PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and some Intel-based personal computers.
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  • Fink
    A package manager for Darwin based on the Debian apt-get set of tools. 2900+ ports listed.
  • Hexley the Platypus
    The mascot of the Darwin OS.
  • The GNU-Darwin Distribution
    A Unix distribution which focuses on the porting of free software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
  • Getting Started With Darwin/x86
    A guide to getting and installing an old (version 6) Darwin on an x86 system.
  • Darwin Developer Documentation
    Programming in the Darwin kernel and information on the differences between Darwin and other BSDs.
  • Apple Developer Connection: Darwin Releases
    Official page with downloads of the various Darwin releases and developer tools.
  • The Challenges of Integrating the Unix and Mac OS Environments
    A paper on the design issues Apple faced when they ported the Mac OS to a semantically different Unix base (Darwin).
  • Open Software in a Commercial Operating System
    A paper written by Wilfredo Sánchez, the then Open Source Engineering Lead at Apple, about the use of open source in commercial software such as Mac OS X Server.

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  • Darwin (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
    BSD · Darwin · FreeDOS · GNU · Haiku · Linux · Mach · MINIX · OpenSolaris · ReactOS ... Apache · BSD · GPL · LGPL · MIT · MPL · Creative Commons · Permissive ...[2008/12/01]
  • Apple Open Source: Darwin
    URL : developer.apple.com/darwin
    Official site, featuring download, source code, FAQs, and more. ... Technical discussion on the Darwin Mach+BSD kernel. Darwin-UserLevel ...[2008/12/04]
  • Daemon News '200010' : '"Introduction to Darwin "'
    URL : www.daemonnews.org/200010/darwin.html
    Darwin is also a BSD that works on Macintosh hardware, and is the only ... What is Darwin's niche in the BSD world? ... BSD drivers must be ported over to ...[2005/03/18]
  • The Strength of BSD
    URL : networking.ringofsaturn.com/Unix/bsd.php
    Darwin/Mac OS X: The Fifth BSD ©4-12-02 Lance M. Westerhoff " ... to "give the BSD-based operating system, Darwin, the features and capabilities ...[2008/11/27]
  • Guide to Unix/BSD/Mac OS X - Wikibooks, collection of open-content ...
    URL : en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_Unix/BSD/Mac_OS_X
    Darwin uses one server, a port of the BSD kernel. ... The microkernel expects the Darwin BSD server, so using another server, such as ...[2008/11/05]
  • Darwin/BSD on Cube - CubeOwner Forums
    URL : www.cubeowner.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11534&hl=netbsd
    ... this is not a problem with Linux; what about BSD or Darwin? ... Linux apparently does have this built-in, so I was asking whether BSD or Darwin have the same. ...[2008/12/01]
  • Getting Started with Darwin
    URL : developer.apple.com/.../GettingStarted/GS_Darwin/index.html
    ... to being part of Mac OS X, Darwin is a standalone, BSD-based operating system. ( BSD, short for Berkeley Software Distribution, is a family of UNIX variants ...[2008/11/14]
  • Apple - Support - Discussions - Booting to Darwin/BSD Screen ...
    URL : discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1553062
    Topic : Booting to Darwin/BSD Screen. This topic has been archived - replies are not allowed. ... Darwin/BSD (Lan.Local) (console) Login: screen. ...[2008/11/21]
  • MacInTouch Reader Opinion: Replace Darwin with Linux?
    URL : www.macintouch.com/mx_linux.html
    ... understand Mac OS X. Darwin isn't something that Apple made up; it is BSD Unix. ... The similarities at the BSD level between Darwin/Mac OS X, Linux, and other ...[2008/11/26]
  • SourceForge.net: Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS
    URL : sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-tulip
    The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications ... Jump to downloads for Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS ...[2008/11/30]
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