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projectParanoia
Feb 18, 2003, 12:27 AM
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar is based on Darwin, which is based on FreeBSD 4.2 right?

I'm pretty sure it is. Will future versions of Mac OS X [or Darwin] be based on more current versions of FreeBSD, or will it be updated from OpenDarwin? FreeBSD 5.0 seems like it can be a worthwhile upgrade to Mac OS X.

Does anyone know? :confused: :confused:


000111one111000
Feb 18, 2003, 12:56 AM
Jaguar is based on FreeBSD 4.4

From what I heard, 10.3 is based on 4.5. OS X probably won't use 5.0 till 10.4 or 10.5

enoch
mac15
Feb 18, 2003, 01:38 AM
does it really matter what they use? Will you really notice it?
000111one111000
Feb 18, 2003, 01:42 AM
No, but some geeks like to know that kinda stuff. :) like me :) as I walk around in my <GEEK> hoodie, and my "Speed Daemon: Welcome To Darwin!" t-shirt :)

enoch
projectParanoia
Feb 18, 2003, 01:46 AM
Does it really matter what they use? Will you really notice it?

I always say that new is better. FreeBSD 5.0 has lots of new features and security updates, so it may or may not matter.

Mac OS X 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 all saw big improvements over the previous versions, so you will most likely notice it.