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Darwin

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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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1. DarwinPorts - Goal is to provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on a Darwin, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, or Linux system.
2. Darwin Developer Documentation - Programming in the Darwin kernel and information on the differences between Darwin and other BSDs.
3. Darwin Operating System - The official Apple Darwin home page contains the current release, full source code, modification instructions, wish list, FAQ, contributors, and links.
4. Fink - A package manager for Darwin based on the Debian apt-get set of tools. 2900+ ports listed.
5. Getting Started With Darwin/x86 - A helpful guide to getting and installing Darwin on an x86 system.
6. Hexley the Platypus - The mascot of the Darwin OS.
7. HMUG Man Pages - An exhaustive list of Darwin man pages.
8. 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.
9. OpenDarwin - A fork of Darwin with the intention of making it easier to commit code and to involve the community in ways difficult with the main Apple branch.
10. 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).
11. The GNU-Darwin Distribution - A Unix distribution which focuses on the porting of free software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
12. XDarwin: X Windows on Darwin and Mac OS X - A general overview of the project to bring XFree86 (X11 server) to Darwin and Mac OS X as well as pointers to download and mirror sites.

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