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Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback You're an IT Manager and all but you don't seem to fully appreciate that OS X is FreeBSD at its heart. My best options right now are FreeBSD, Linux or OS X Server. As for flexible, We develop all our custom code on OS X.
[November 14, 2005, 2:34]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback It's mainly a personal mailserver.and another box I love even more than my iMac.it's has FreeBSD on one of the hard disks.it actually is my favorite OS.it is incredibly stable with the KDE installed as its gui interface.and now I can backup dvds...
[June 12, 2006, 19:16]
OS X Flaws Draw Hackers' Eyes
News The flaw affected both the FreeBSD version of Unix, which forms the core components of Apple's operating system, and by extension, Mac OS X. Watson also heads off security woes for FreeBSD in his volunteer role as a core team member of the FreeBSD...
[July 4, 2001, 9:04]
VShell Server
Downloads VShell is a secure access server for Windows (x64)/Vista/XP/2000/2003, Red Hat, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Mac OS X, AIX, and FreeBSD, supporting the Secure Shell protocol (SSH2). VShell can be used for secure file transfer, system administration, and...
[March 21, 2008, 2:31]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback I cannot take anyone's opinion seriously if they don't know that OS X is a derivative of FreeBSD and *not* Linux.
[March 10, 2006, 8:55]
FlashGot
Downloads Enables Mozilla and Firefox to handle single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads using the most popular external download managers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD (15 currently supported).
[April 8, 2008, 18:31]
GNUMail.app
Downloads GNUMail.app is a fully featured mail application running on Linux (or FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc) and Apple Mac OS X. It uses the GNUstep development framework or Apple Cocoa, which is based on the OpenStep specification provided by NeXT, Inc.
[August 20, 2003, 1:36]
Apple Mac Mini: A First Look
Talkback I'll stick to my PC ways with a Mini-ITX setup, using Linux and FreeBSD OSs. The very OSs that Mac OS X has taken some bits from. Thanks, but no thanks.
[January 15, 2005, 14:18]
Open Source Mogul Joins Apple
News Hubbard, one of the co-founders of FreeBSD, launched in 1993, announced the news Monday on a FreeBSD mailing list, saying he'll shift his emphasis to Darwin, the open-source underpinnings of Apple's Mac OS X operating system.
[June 27, 2001, 10:31]
64-bit Windows Imminent
Talkback We have 64-bit GNU/Linux, not to mention 64-bit FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. For those who haven't tried out SuSE Linux 9.x Professional, you should; I find it very easy to use as a desktop OS. If they're not, then there's a much bigger problem...
[March 14, 2005, 15:47]
MasterBooter
Downloads Supports nearly all known operating systems, like Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, DOS, Linux, OS/2, OS X, BeOS, Solaris, and FreeBSD. MasterBooter is a boot manager which can be used to install and maintain more operating systems on a PC.
[April 20, 2008, 3:31]
Abyss Web Server X1
Downloads Versions for Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD are also available.Version 2.5 adds secure SSL connections (HTTPS) support; integrated interface to manage, import, self-sign, and request the signature of SSL certificates.
[September 17, 2007, 21:46]
Linux Proves A Winner Down Under
Talkback Recently when I had to setup a Discussion board, I could do it using phpBB on a FreeBSD hosting provider without much problems. As a Mac OS X user, I am using (misusing too! So if you want to learn UNIX/Linux while having the most user friendly...
[November 26, 2003, 13:24]
Apple Invites Open Source To Rendezvous
News The face-lift to Darwin includes, among other things, version 4.4 of FreeBSD and the latest version of the Internet Protocol as well as Apple's Open Directory effort. The technology, which is built into the new version 10.2 of Mac OS X, can be used...
[August 30, 2002, 7:55]
Torvalds: Next Linux Due By June
News Mac OS X is built on an open-source foundation -- the Mach "microkernel" in combination with FreeBSD Unix -- but Apple still keeps much secret about OS X's inner workings. Mac OS X "doesn't give me the warm-and-fuzzies.
[October 28, 2002, 9:01]
Apple To Ditch PowerPC For Intel Processors
News One advantage Apple has this time: The open-source FreeBSD operating system, of which Mac OS X is a variant, already runs on x86 chips such as Intel's Pentium. And Jobs has said Mac OS X could easily run on x86 chips.
[June 6, 2005, 9:10]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback Not to mention the Darwin Kernel and basic UNIX utilities were partially ported from FreeBSD, so you get the advantages of 3 battle-hardened products put into one. I could care less if OS X will run on Dells, and other WinTel PCs.
[November 11, 2005, 16:36]
Apple IPhone - What's Behind The Curtain?
Blog Is it a seriously cut-down FreeBSD kernel with some heavily hacked network and UI bits? It runs "OS X" - well, why not. But OS X is whatever Apple wants it to be today. The good things first: it makes every other phone on the planet look three...
[January 9, 2007, 22:36]
Apple In Court Over Unix Trademark
News Apple argues it should be free to use the term as it sees fit, noting that there are many flavours of Unix, including FreeBSD, and that one should not have to submit to The Open Group's testing to use the term.
[June 12, 2003, 8:29]
BitRock InstallBuilder Multiplatform Enterprise
Downloads BitRock InstallBuilder allows you to create multi-platform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, and Solaris from a single build environment.
[September 22, 2007, 6:46]
