Darwin vs OSX ?

Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Darwin vs OSX ?
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Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0	Message 943335 - Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 14:02:32 UTC Why is it that some Mac systems run BOINC as Darwin, others as OSX? ID: 943335 ·
arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 943375 - Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 16:49:21 UTC - in response to Message 943335.   Darwin is the kernel that OSX runs on and that is what is reported by BOINC to the servers. ID: 943375 ·
Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0	Message 943415 - Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 19:46:01 UTC - in response to Message 943375.   Darwin is the kernel that OSX runs on and that is what is reported by BOINC to the servers. On BoincStats, it lists OSX and Darwin separately, that's what prompted my question... apologies for not clarifying that. ID: 943415 ·
arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 943433 - Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 21:37:46 UTC My iMac is listed here as running Darwin 10.0.0, but BOINCStats lists it as OSX. They probably just change it to make more sense. Of course Darwin can run without OSX as well. ID: 943433 ·
Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0	Message 943599 - Posted: 29 Oct 2009, 13:53:10 UTC - in response to Message 943433.   Thx... makes sense. ID: 943599 ·

 
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