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It would be nice if Apple would port e.g. Linux or *BSD to that CPU. They probably never will. But it would be cool.
by cpach 7y ago
It would be nice if Apple would port e.g. Linux or *BSD to that CPU. They probably never will. But it would be cool.
- mehrdada 7y agoDarwin is not *BSD?
- epse 7y agoIt is, but I think he means "an open OS so it isn't just a paperweight anymore"
- cpach 7y agoYes exactly. Something that is FOSS and which one could tinker with.
- DeathArrow 7y agoI believe Darwin is open source because most of it were bits of 3rd party open source software. What frameworks and GUI Apple built on top of Darwin are not open source. Also, releasing their software as open source goes against their business model as they wouldn't be able to enforce its use only on their hardware. People wants Apple software but that only comes with their hardware.
- simonh 7y agoDarwin source was release for a long time, with no restrictions on running it on Apple hardware. I’m not sure of the status of that now. They’re under no obligation to do so as it’s BSD licensed.
- saagarjha 7y agoInterestingly, Apple apparently builds Linux for their chips for hardware bringup.