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GNU-Darwin aims to be the most free software distribution. Our
mission is two-fold: Focus on projects that leverage our
unique combination of Darwin and GNU, and help users to enjoy
the benefits of software freedom.
(founded November 2000)
GNU-Darwin: an attack on Iran 2008-07-13 02:19 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Any attack on the military of Iran would be a clear act of war against
Iran, whatever the purpose. This is an obvious military fact. In order
to attack Iran from the air it will be necessary to attack the radar of
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GNU-Darwin: blackout warning 2008-05-27 02:13 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Happy Memorial Day. I was deeply troubled by the following story, and I
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A product for Thailand's new pharmacutical industry 2008-05-07 20:44 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Thai black rice has the highest anthocyanin content of any cereal grain
that I have been able to find. Anthocyanin shares many properties with
resveratrol and Sirtris' product, SRT501, and it is likely to be a drop
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FOSS, public health, and resveratrol: Get real Mr. Bill 2008-04-26 02:46 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Subject: GNU-Darwin: Bill Gates: "I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them"
Bill's argument is essentially; why get something for free when you can buy it.
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On the loss of US credibility: conscription, death penalty 2008-04-21 21:51 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
I feel that it is important to distribute this essay widely. Please
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GNU-Darwin 7th year report 2007-12-11 03:18 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
In case you missed it, these stories below have gone out into the wild now. We have had a surge in pkg_add access to our package repository since that time, indicating that GNU-Darwin is far from dead as of yet ;-}. The iPhone bricking story was of particular moment.
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Phenom Quad shell access 2007-12-09 00:38 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Effective immediately, all GNU-Darwin shell account holders have access to our Phenom Quad machine. Just log in with your GNU-Darwin.org user info. Cheers!
ssh gnu-darwin.org
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GNU-Darwin on AMD Phenom Quad CPU 2007-12-08 23:35 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Our in-house Darwin-8.0.1 works great on all four CPUs. Screen shot to appeear in the usual spot.
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/today2.png
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Apple Sued for iPhone Bricking 2007-11-30 16:33 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Hate to say I told you so...
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/06/0659202
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GNU-Darwin to support Iraq moratorium 2007-11-30 16:32 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
http://iraqmoratorium.org/
Welcome to my black Friday activity ;-}. I think that it is time for
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GNU-Darwin OS on a Via CPU 2007-11-14 00:25 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
I managed to get Darwin-6 and 7 booting from the CD-R on this Via CPU . The case has a pretty small footprint, and the price is nice.
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Apple's Darwin OS still unfree and unusable 2007-11-05 23:59 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Looks like Darwin-9 is on the Apple website. Hopefully more to come.
http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/
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iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them 2007-06-29 18:02 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
I thought that this message from GNU info list deserved wider distribution.
Regards,
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Re: Bootstrapping your body towards maximum life span 2007-05-15 18:48 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Here is a little more obvious prior art in the resveratrol story.
I was reading the latest from Biochemistry about bioflavinoids as
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Johns Hopkins University FOSS software for crystallography 2007-01-16 18:53 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Most of you will know that protein crystallography software is the
primary reason why I started GNU-Darwin, because I wanted at the time to
do my work on an Apple computer. I would like to call your attention to
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Action item: Intel Accused of Being an "Open Source Fraud" 2006-10-05 20:28 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
This is a crucially important matter, akin to the AppleACPIPlatform
driver problem in Apple's current Darwin revision. Let's rid these blobs from our FOSS operating systems, and let the hardware companies know that
they are not compatible with such.
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The kernel building fiasco 2006-08-08 19:04 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
On 8 Aug, plumber Idraulico wrote:
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FOSS, Science, and Public activism 2006-06-30 01:09 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
The values of freedom and openness are crucial to understanding
itself, so that civilization and public welfare now depend on
them, as I argue below. These values may find their best
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Re: GNU-Darwin: website, Opteron machine accounts 2006-06-20 17:34 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
(To get an account on the Opteron machine, send me a proposal.)
I love your interesting work on the web, but in my opinion, we should
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GNU-Darwin: AMD Opteron support now 2006-05-26 21:50 on GNU-Darwin Distribution
Mac OS X users are welcome to give free software a try now. I finally got a chance to try GNU-Darwin-1.1 on an Opteron machine
with Darwin-7.2. Testing with glxgears confirms that the MesaGL is
performing about twice as fast as on a comparable 32-bit CPU, although
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