Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:49:52 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Martin Olsson <mnemo@minimum.se> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacOS Message-ID: <40E24670.5070705@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se> References: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se>
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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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