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Sorry, just to clarify. This is not a non-Apple version of Darwin. This is the FreeBSD packaging system (created by someone else) that was ported to run on Darwin. That may or may not work. That doesn't seem to have any support. That doesn't seem to have been updated for years. That doesn't seem to
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I should have pointed to this in the start. Back in 2011 people are posting to their discussion forum asking for help because ports don't compile and the lead developer is responding with "Development is on hiatus until replacements for the proprietary drivers can be found" "Many of the ports will
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This is a long standing page for what seems to be a non-notable vanity project with no reliable sources to speak of. No coverage anywhere else that I can find except for press releases and an OSNews article written by the guy who started the project, which I assume all count as primary sources.
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as this is ultimately a non-Apple version of Darwin and brief mention in the main article is appropriate. Due to the lack of sources, it would be hard to actually merge content from here. Personally I would restrict any description on the main article to 2 sentences or
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Neither the article nor a search on Google could bring up any independent sources covering this product in any meaningful way. As the nom states, what info there is online seems to have published by the software creator. Does not seem to meet
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require much hacking. We are not distributing changes until replacements for the proprietary drivers can be found." and that's pretty much the last genuine activity on the discussion forums (or mailing lists barring spam emails).
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The lack of notable sources and the material in the article itself would appear to indicate that it is a vanity project with limited public support. I don't see further research for sources redeeming the article from it being
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Non notable and all references primary. Even though it has been suggested to be merged into Darvin lack of references make this a candidate for deletion.
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German "Linux Magazin" magazine published solid looking article about GNU-Darwin in 2001/04 issue (monthly column by
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What can be merged though? There is nothing here that can be attributed to anything except Primary Sources.
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So apparently being a "good" piece of software is now also a prerequisite for having an article?
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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section. This article just doesn't seem like it'll ever be anything greater than a stub.
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LOL. Love that second source. "I tried this thing, it didn't work, but it exists."
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https://sourceforge.net/p/gnu-darwin/discussion/49372/thread/c448f3b5/
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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