Re: FreeBSD and MacOS
From: Erich Dollansky (oceanare_at_pacific.net.sg)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:49:52 +0800 To: Martin Olsson <mnemo@minimum.se>
Hi,
Martin Olsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * MacOS X is based on FreeBSD
> * there is a x86 kernel for FreeBSD
>
> Does that mean I can buy a copy of MacOS X, download an x86 kernel for
> freeBSD, do some (or quite alot of) hacking and then get MacOS X running
> on my PC?
>
take a look at the Darwin project.
> I realize that such hacking would be quite substantial but maybe if I
> forgot about audio and all that, just how much work would it be? Could
> it be done?
>
Do not forget that all the things which make a Mac a Mac are still
closed source. It is more like Linux. Linux alone is pretty useless
without GNU, X and so on.
Erich
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