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The goal of this project is to make Darwin more usable by providing an installation ISO, documentation, and add-on software. You are welcome to join #puredarwin on irc.freenode.net if you would like to join PureDarwin development and to add to this site.

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Contents

  1. 1 Prerequisites
  2. 2 PureDarwin releases
  3. 3 Testers wanted
  4. 4 Darwin mailing lists
  5. 5 Documentation

Prerequisites

In order to do any serious PureDarwin development, please familiarize yourself with the DarwinBuild project and the MacPorts project, as there are the key component to build software for Darwin.

PureDarwin releases

If you want to have a look at a minimalistic bootable Darwin 9 system, check out PureDarwin nano.

Testers wanted

To qualify as a tester for the current PureDarwin installer, you need
  • An Intel Mac with Leopard (to run the installer and to test whether the PureDarwin USB thumbdrive can be booted)
  • Alternatively or both:
    • USB thumbdrive 1GB or larger (will be completely erased)
    • Latest VMware, VirtualBox release
  • Fast Internet connection (to download Darwin 9 packages)
  • A good backup since there is absolutely no guarantees
Please contact us in #puredarwin on irc.freenode.net if you want to be a tester.

Useful tools

A utility for browsing through the contents of "binary roots" is available. It currently covers Darwin build 9F33, and provides links to relevant source code, and binaries.

Darwin mailing lists

Have a look at the Darwin mailing lists.

Documentation

This wiki is a place for users and developers alike to document and discuss Darwin.
Please drop a line to admin@puredarwin.org if you would like to have edit rights for this wiki.
See below for some pages we have already started.
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