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Please stop this bizarre insistence that OS X = BSD. Different kernel, radically different OS overall, not open sourced. Still shares some userland, but this i
by wooger 11y ago
Please stop this bizarre insistence that OS X = BSD. Different kernel, radically different OS overall, not open sourced.
Still shares some userland, but this is irrelevant.
For a true picture, look at how well their open sourced Darwin OS project is doing in terms of update and support.
Apple gutted the FreeBSD core team back in the 90s, hiring them all away.
- microtherion 11y agoDifferent kernel But fairly similar userland. Still shares some userland, but this is irrelevant. I would say that for most people, the API matters far more than the kernel implementing it. not open sourced http://www.opensource.apple.com http://www.opensource.apple.com has the kernel sources under "xnu". I don't think that substantially less is open sourced than e.g. for Android. look at how well their open sourced Darwin OS project is doing in terms of update and support The updates are fairly current (10.10.1 corresponds to the version of OS X shipped last fall), though there doesn't seem to be a very large community building on it.