Darwin is a Unix-based open source operating system and forms core of Mac OS X. The Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies. Darwin runs on both PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and some Intel-based personal computers.
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- Hexley the Platypus The mascot of the Darwin OS.
- The GNU-Darwin Distribution A Unix distribution which focuses on the porting of free software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
- The Challenges of Integrating the Unix and Mac OS Environments A paper on the design issues Apple faced when they ported the Mac OS to a semantically different Unix base (Darwin).
- Open Software in a Commercial Operating System A paper written by Wilfredo Sánchez, the then Open Source Engineering Lead at Apple, about the use of open source in commercial software such as Mac OS X Server.
- Fink Bringing the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X.