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Darwin is the OS core of OSX. Unlike OSX's graphical parts Darwin is open source.

Darwin is a XNU kernel (microkernal with loadable extenstions) based on NeXTSTEP, BSD, and other free software projects. Darwin is open source.

Darwin forms the core of OS/X.

Note that the graphical parts of OS/X is not open source.

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Is it possible to compile a Darwin Distro from source, like you can a build a Linux Distro?

I have read through and undertaken Linux From Scratch (and BLFS) and I was wondering, can I follow this guide to create a Darwin Distro by substituting the xnu kernel? Would the process be vastly different to that outlined in LFS? My current…
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Reliable HFS+ Journaled mount in any OS for ARMv6

I need an operating system for ARMv6 (Raspberry Pi) that can reliably mount HFS+ Journaled as read/write, with volume sizes up to 16TB. I've not been able to find details on how stable HFS+ Journaled is in the latest versions of the Linux…
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Installing VIM through MacPorts gives an error

I was trying to install VIM with the ruby package through macports, by executing the command: sudo port install vim +ruby +huge It seems the package was downloaded fine, but an error occurred. This is the end of the log file. Perhaps somebody can…
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Why doesn't ls -lh show the total size of all the files and directories in each directory?

For example, it shows the kernel as being 18M but the Applications folder as being 3.8K BSD/Darwin
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play rtsp url via Darwin Streaming Server?

I am trying to play RTSP url via Darwin streaming server . they play their own mp4 files as provided in the setup; but not any other which is specified in the /movies folder.Can you tell me how to stream my own files.
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Tracing syscalls

I am trying to learn some tricks using "trace" (or dtrace or strace or truss), so I using the command: trace -d [random PID] I am getting the following error messages: trace error: trace facility failure, KERN_KDREMOVE: Permission denied or Failed…
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Streaming remote files using Darwin Streaming Server over RTSP

I have setup Darwin streaming server and I am able to successfully stream locally stored (hinted) video files over RTSP.I would like to know if it is possible to stream files stored on a remote web server? The requirement is similar to what media…
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DD command speed

So the situation is: I've got an old Ipod 3g that's been jailbroken, and it's connected to my server, a windows machine, via ssh. The reason for that is that I want to make a copy of /dev/rdisk0 Ipod partition to my server. I use DD command for…
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Error while running vagrant up command

Running vagrant up isn't working anymore. I have read the post Vagrant up command not working which instructs removing Virtual Box and installing the newest version. However, I can't uninstall VB either. Then I downloaded new version of VB here, and…
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Why does `tail -f /var/audit/current | praudit` just print 5 lines and exit immediately?

I want to follow my audit log live so I can watch for events, and pipe it through praudit to make it human readable. All commands below are run as root. When I run tail -f /var/audit/current | praudit is just prints the last 5 lines and immediately…
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Where to get Darwin installation media?

I want to play with Apple's Darwin, but it seems like they removed any download option and compiling from source doesn't sound very easy given that I don't have a Mac. I just want the Base Darwin System with opensource tools which are the same as in…
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Create script to login and change time on unix Darwin

I work for a non-profit and recently had to take on some sysadmin responsibilities, and and it is a new area for me. We have a Apple X Server that is running Darwin, and from time to time, especially on reboots, the timer on it gets out of sync…
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Is it possible to compile Darwin on Linux

since i don't want to buy a new overpriced mac or try "Hackintosh" which is really time consuming so is it possible to compile Darwin in Linux
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I am using Darwin OS on terminal but cannot use apt-get, yum command(only brew is usable)

I am using terminal on Darwin OS but cannot use apt-get and yum commands (only brew is usable). Sometime, I need to use apt-get (ex. to install linux essential header) But my terminal says command not found So what should I do for it?
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Make environment variables available when running command as sudo

I am using Curl, and am having a problem trying to get it to recognize the $http_proxy environment variable when using sudo curl. I tried putting export http_proxy=.... in my /etc/profile and restarting the shell, to no avail. I would rather not…
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