[darwinbuild-dev] A very fundamental query

[Atriya Sen]

I am a Linux systems programmer of some experience. I recently  
purchased a MacBook Pro, and was impressed by the stability and  
reliability of the Mac OS X operating system. However, I'm a very open  
source person, so my attention shifted to Mac OS' open source core -  
Darwin. However, it seems that the effort to create a standalone  
Darwin OS, called the openDarwin project, was abandoned years ago. My  
questions are:

1) Is it possible to build a complete Darwin system from scratch i.e.  
from the source code of Darwin 9 provided by Apple? By complete I mean  
kernel, shell, all basic libraries and a GUI (I prefer GNOME).

2) From the perspective of a systems developer, what are the  
differences between Darwin and FreeBSD? Has anyone ever written a  
comparison? Will all Darwin systems programs work on FreeBSD (and vice- 
versa)?

Sorry if these questions seem naive. I'm a newcomer to the Mac world,  
and couldn't find any clear answers on the internet even after hours  
of searching.

Thanks,
Atriya


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