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Do any other OSes use the XNU kernel?
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Apr 23, 2007, 04:56 AM
 
Just a simple question I know the kernel is open source and wanted to know if anybody else uses it...






.....The name "Debian GNU/XNU" has a good ring to it
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Apr 23, 2007, 01:14 PM
 
Why would you want to?

Limited hardware support and poor threading performance compared to Linux or FreeBSD make it relatively unattractive.

edit: Ok, that came across a little negative. What does XNU offer that the other free unix-like kernels don't?
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