On Feb 4, 2004, at 12:44 AM, Joe Corneli wrote:
I've been debating with myself about installing GNU/Linux on my iBook, and now that I have a new model (yet _another_ replacement) the thought occurs to me again that maybe I should go for it. While I don't think I would miss OS X very much, I would be kind of sad to say goodbye to Fink! This leaves me with some questions.
Has anyone out there had experience slowly stripping the Apple OS down until eventually it is gone and you've replaced it with a totally free OS?
<AKH> The Darwin core is available freely: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/
Can Fink operate from within GNU/Linux on a dual boot machine?
<AKH> I wish I knew--I'd love to have Fink for Linux on i386, personally. There are occasional posts on the Fink lists from people who use Fink on Darwin, though. It would be somewhat easier on Linux, given that you wouldn't need to do any patching.
Any general experiences about GNU/Linux on PPC that seem worth sharing?
Can someone more knowledgeable than me help me understand which parts of the OS X system are free as in freedom and which are not? Would it be possible to have a free OS that wasn't GNU/Linux but instead GNU/Darwin?
<AKH> The Aqua layer (Finder, window manager, etc.) is proprietary, of course. I think a lot of the rest of the system is derived from open-source software, if not itself open. For that matter, one can run any open-source software that can be ported to Darwin.
Would Fink ever offer a replacement for the kernel??
<AKH> I think the kernel is proprietary, so that would be a no.
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