On 10/27/2014 10:04 PM, Asiga Nael wrote: > Btw, nobody suggested Darwin. It's open-source, and AFAIK it supports > fat binaries natively (I don't think fat binaries are an OSX > addition, they must be in Darwin already). Maybe it can even mount > DMGs natively (I don't know if DMG are a Darwin or an OSX thing). > Regarding app bundles, that's a desktop thing, not an OS thing, so > that can be done from GNUstep. So, I tend to believe Darwin with > GNUstep would have every feature I wish to have in my everyday OS. > > And, btw, PureDarwin, which seems to be an easy-to-install Darwin > distribution, supports MacPorts natively. Given that GNUstep is > supported in MacPorts, this means maybe you can have Darwin+GNUstep > working today (there're GNUstep screenshots at the PureDarwin > website). > > Is there any reason for being cautious about Darwin? > > asiga
Darwin = XNU + userspace (partially taken from GNU) XNU = Mach kernel with BSD stuff added, twisted into a mixture, where some of the Mach stuff is broken and some of the BSD stuff is broken as well. You can't even boot a functional Darwin system without closed source drivers from Apple. So as long as you're looking for a "desktop", there is no reason to bother about the underlying kernel. And Darwin is NOT a good choice of a kernel at all. -- Luboš Doležel _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
