Timeline for Why is macOS often referred to as 'Darwin'?
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| Oct 19 at 6:57 | answer | added | crifan | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 22 at 21:56 | comment | added | Sridhar Sarnobat | I was hoping there was a documented reason why it was called "Darwin." It's spectulated that it's related to evolution (which would also explain NeXT). What I find somewhat aesthetically pleasing is that the 3 major systems are called "Linux", "CygWIN" and "DarWIN". When I'm naming my system backups, they neatly line up. | |
| Jul 30, 2022 at 2:50 | answer | added | HemanthJabalpuri | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 12:35 | vote | accept | stevec | ||
| Sep 24, 2020 at 10:09 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | MacOS is the whole package. Darwin does not have the Aqua GUI so it is plain text or - like most other Unix/Linux variants - an X11 GUI. | |
| Sep 23, 2020 at 18:26 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | Darwin, however, is an OS, not just a kernel (the kernel is called xnu). Apple used to make it available as a separate OS, complete with binaries, installer, ISOs, etc., but they stopped many years ago. | |
| Sep 23, 2020 at 18:18 | answer | added | Jörg W Mittag | timeline score: 115 | |
| Sep 23, 2020 at 16:25 | comment | added | slebetman | It is for the same reason that Ubuntu OS is often called "Linux" or RaspberryPi OS is called "Linux" - Linux is not an OS. It is a kernel that can be used as the core of your OS. Which is why we call Android an OS even though it uses the Linux kernel | |
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| Sep 23, 2020 at 1:53 | history | asked | stevec | CC BY-SA 4.0 |