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OpenDarwin and FreeBSD

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/opendarwin-and-freebsd.2793/

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vedant_15 Original post #1
Nov 12, 2004 at 2:09 PM
Is OpenDarwin better than FreeBSD?
firewall
firewall #2
Nov 12, 2004 at 5:24 PM
Well it depends whether it fits to your needs or not...
never used OpenDarwin... though FreeBSD is really nice...

:)
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oldmonk #3
Nov 13, 2004 at 10:06 AM
opendarwin has a long way to go before it becomes remotely usable. I tried to install it once but it had problems with my chipset or something.

Freebsd is much more mature and recognises a lot more hardware.
GNUrag
GNUrag #4
Nov 14, 2004 at 1:35 PM
FreeBSD is one of the better known Unix distributions ... however OpenDarwin seems to be in its infancy still... its been something like 1 year since it was launched.... they have taken code directly from Apple's original Darwin source repository... on good thing is that i can taste the power of Darwin on an intel processor also...