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GNU-Darwin has more than accomplished all of the goals that were set at the founding. Many thanks to the many free software developers who assisted to make this a great distro. Many cheers to Apple users.
- pkg_add -rf mozilla openoffice
- GNU-Darwin html2rss has been added to the base distribution, /usr/local/html2rss. Look, if you dare! A package is available, but sorry no docs yet. Got C?
- Finally, GNU-Darwin is almost ready to build a large package collection for GNU/Linux. These packages are intended for use with the GNU/Linux User
Tarball. We are able to create initial packages, but the format still needs some work. Check them out!
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cclient-0106191041.tgz
dillo-0.6.4.tgz
gettext-0.10.35.tgz
jpeg-6b.tgz
libtool-1.3.4_2.tgz
pkgconfig-0.8.0.tgz
png-1.2.0.tgz
postilion-0.9.3c.tgz
py-pmw-0.8.5.tgz
pymol-0_82.tgz
python-2.2.1.tgz
Tru64 soon, send us a Sun!
- It's official. OpenOffice-x11 developer's release is now available for
GNU-Darwin-ppc and Mac OS X. Please
note that this is pre-alpha software, marked for developers. Package now
available (pkg_add -rf openoffice). Just type "ooffice".
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Bnetd is a program that will eventually emulate a Blizzard Entertainment's
Battle.net(r) server.
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Package
now availalble for Mac OS X v10.1, and GNU-Darwin-ppc beta users.
Take your pick from several sources according to your
preference and experience. This software is expected to be compatible with the
GNU-Darwin offerings.
- Align tags and -FAST! The Distribution
homepage looks great with
this new Dillo version. Be sure to read the package installation
instructions.
- GNU-Darwin QuakeForge-0.3.0
includes everything that is required for single-user mode, network play, or
server operation. Quake2 soon.
- Use
AbiWord
instead. The latest
GNU-Darwin AbiWord build
is rock-solid, fully up-to-date with the
AbiWord project, includes hundreds of fonts, and is GNOME enabled for print
preview and easy PDF ouput. This version of GNU-Darwin AbiWord requires a full
One Step installation.
If you had any doubts about M$ intentions, just read the following story, and switch to GNU-Darwin today.
- Wired: Apple Rips
Microsoft Settlement
CNet: Critics take aim at Microsoft schools deal
Newsforge: Microsoft wants settlement forced on hold-out states
They only want our children. And one more...
We can help you to escape the evil empire. We have all the office apps that you could ever need, and they are FREE and available today. Be sure to read the package installation instructions.
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Word Processor
Spreadsheet
Graphics editor
Contact manager and calendar
Web browser
Presentation software
Join the Microsoft resistance. Most of these packages are automatically installed with the One step installer or the GNU-Darwin installer CD.
- Try the cutting edge. This build includes BitchX, Bonobo embedded apps, GTKhtml,
Encompass
web browser, and a host of new GNOME desktop apps, such as a calendar,
and a contact manager.
To install automatically run the following (as root).
curl \
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/000InstallMe
|csh
To restore the original GNOME, run the following.
curl \
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/NetGNOME
|csh
Mac OSX.1 users can now install the GNU-Darwin
basefiles with one command (as root).
curl http://www.gnu-darwin.org/one_stop | csh
- Celebrate: GNU-Darwin is one year old this month. See
how we have grown!
- Update: More packages
- If you have already installed the GNU-Darwin basefiles, then check out
the thousands of software packages that are available for this system. (pkg_add
-f URL)
- gnomeapplets-1.2.4:
panel applets
gnomegames-1.4.0.3: silly stuff
gnomemc-4.5.51: desktop file manager
Web package list and instructions: Skip to step 2.
File server package list: Dillo recommended
BTW: Also check out our Monster News, updated hourly, and made with GNU-Darwin.
Darwin-only users should consult the Network installation instructions, or try the Bootable installer CD which now installs Darwin-1.4.1. It is recommended for installation of the Darwin Unix base, but it also includes the GNU-Darwin beta packages.
The GNU-Darwin beta base system provides the following world-class enhancements and free software and more!
- One step installation:
Over 100 essential packages including:
Xdarwin window server with wrapper
Abiword word processor
OpenSSH-2.9.9 up-to-date security
Enhanced Dillo web browser
GNOME desktop environment
PyMOL molecular graphics system WordView for conversion of MSWord documents
Xpdf PDF file viewer
Xemacs text editor
Gnumeric spreadsheet
Quakeforge game
Package manager update:
Easy net installation access to nearly 2000 packages
Up-to-date, now tracking FreeBSD-current
Nearly complete FreeBSD-style functionality including:
- fetch
libfetch
md5
libmd
net-enabled pkg_add
Window managers:
Enlightenment
WindowMaker
Afterstep
Xfce
The GNU-Darwin base installation supports carbon-candy new-world Macs. OSX.1 or Darwin 1.4.1 is required to use the new package manager.
GNU-Darwin beta coverage:
- GNU-Darwin GNOME is built with our base installation. Although other free user environments,
such as WindowMaker, are snappier, GNOME brings many top applications to the
Apple desktop. For example, Gnumeric
is a world-class spreadsheet application, and when it is executed outside the
GNOME environment, the performance is enhanced. Check out our new GNOME package listing or try
the GNOME Net Installer. GNU-Darwin GNOME requires a
basefiles installation from the Bootable Installer CD or the Net Installer.
Together with our other key offerings, AbiWord, Dillo, The GIMP, Xpdf, and now Gnumeric, GNU-Darwin provides a complete suite of powerful desktop applications.
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- The GNU-Darwin packages are compatible with Apple's newly released Darwin-1.4.1,
and we now have
Net Installation instructions for Darwin-only users. Our Bootable Installer CD is now in
beta, thanks to the efforts of GNU-Darwin developer rrp. As you can
see in the screenshot, our packages work fine with the
XFree86
software which is now a part of Apple's Darwin distribution.
We have recently packaged the latest versions of Mac OSX.1 compatible
OpenSSH
and
XFree86.
(Our older OpenSSH and XFree86 packages appear to be broken.) It is important for
OSX.1
users to upgrade their OpenSSH.
This is a great time to check
out our other
packaged
offerings, which are also Darwin-1.4.1 and Mac OSX.1 compatible.
OSX.1 users who are new to GNU-Darwin might like to try our new Net Installer. Just follow the
OSX-specific directions at the top of the script.
BTW: If you are interested in the technical background of GNU-Darwin, try the following stories.
- Apple SciTech: Researcher brings Open-Source Software to the
Mac
NewsForge: Developer wants to create GPL version of Apple's Darwin
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It is no exaggeration to
say that GNU-Darwin was built with GNU wget, but this elegant software tool was
left out of OSX.1 and Darwin 1.4.1. Does anyone remember Movieplayer, or how
Internet Explorer munged their first package downloads? By
contrast, it is no oversight to rely on GNU
software, to which every person is entitled. You are free to restore this
excellent functionality to your computer. (It is your computer, right?)
Just follow these steps.
# su root
# curl \
http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/packages/wget \
-o wget
# chmod 755 wget
# mv wget /usr/bin
# rehash
We also have a wget package, which installs in /usr/local/bin, just in case some bad person decides to delete your favorite internet software in /usr/bin ;-}.
# wget \
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/wget-1.6_2.tgz
# pkg_add -f wget-1.6_2.tgz
# rm /usr/bin/curl ; ln -s /usr/bin/wget /usr/bin/curl
That last step is optional, of course! Be sure to read the package installation instructions, if you have any more questions about this.
- Only GNU-Darwin AbiWord has 200 excellent royalty-free fonts from
the ports. This
release includes hebrew fonts and bidirectional support for carefree native
language editing. GNU-Darwin AbiWord is
simply the best word processor available for the Apple platform. GNU-Darwin AbiWord
developer, Francis James Franklin, has also been hard at work on this great word
processor. Be sure to check out
his latest work too. Get the
latest
AbiWord release now. Read the package installation instructions here. Finally, a reminder
that all of our packages are Mac OSX compatible. Read the MacSlash
thread.
- In response to various security alerts,
GNU-Darwin is providing OpenSSH-2.9.9
for Darwin and OSX users. Use "ssh -V" to check your current
version. Read the package
installation instructions.
- It is perhaps a little known fact that a large percentage of our users
are also regular users of various other Unix operating systems, such as GNU/Linux.
In many cases, such users do not have administrative access to the machines that
they are using, so we are now offering a special ports tarball for GNU/Linux
users to address their need. This version of the GNU-Darwin porting
engine does not
require root access. Using this software, GNU/Linux users will be able to
run the porting engine in their home directories, so that they can
use the same great free software that GNU-Darwin offers to Mac OSX users.
This special edition of the porting engine is not fully automated yet, but if you are a
GNU/Linux user, you can untar it in your home directory and try it. This
offering represents a milestone in our continuing efforts to bring freedom to
users everywhere.
Linux Today has kindly published directions for using the new ports system for GNU/Linux, and we also have the same directions in our announcement. Slashdot is running a thread covering this development, and we will be taking community suggestions to develop a list of tips for using the GNU/Linux $HOME tarball.
- The world-class word processing package, X11 AbiWord, is now available for
Darwin and OSX. Many thanks to free software developer, Francis James
Franklin, and the AbiSource team for this
fine effort.
Frank is also our newest GNU-Darwin
developer, and he has an AbiWord
installer on his website, or you can try the
GNU-Darwin
AbiWord-0.9.3 package* (also in CVS).
AbiWord is a feature-rich application with XML, perl scripting, on-the-fly
spell-checking, export to web, bidirectional support for languages like Arabic
and Hebrew, unlimited undo and many others. Mac Slash is running a thread on this story.
Mac Slash: AbiWord For MacOS X And Darwin
In addition, we have provided up-to-date utilities for converting your files from proprietary formats, such as MS Word, and WMF, to free software formats such as PDF, EPS, and PNG. Together with AbiWord and LaTeX, these utilities provide a powerfully advanced authoring and desktop publishing environment (see Make PDF files below).
wv-0.6.7.tgz can convert Word 6-9 formats (Word 6, 95, 97, 2000) to html, LateX, DVI, PDF, Text, AbiWord, and Wml.
libwmf-0.2.1.tgz can extract WMF files as PNG, EPS, SVG, ImageMagick, and Xdarwin pixmaps.
libiconv-1.7.tgz provides robust Unicode character conversion for the above toolset.
Tip: AbiWord can launch Dillo for the help facility. Just make the following link.
ln -s /usr/local/bin/dillo /usr/X11R6/bin/mozilla
- We have updated the GNU-Darwin General Release with more pre-beta
samplings. These are among our most popular offerings, such as;
GNU-Darwin
Dillo,
afterstep-1.8.9.tgz,
Mesa-3.4.2_1.tgz,
QuakeForge-0.1.1.tgz,
and
libdnd-1.1.tgz.
All of these packages require Xdarwin-4.1,
which has also been
packaged
for GNU-Darwin. Be sure to read the updated package installation instructions to
find out about all of the recent additions. Finally, a reminder that all of our
packages are Mac OSX compatible; See XonX for details about running X11
applications with Mac OSX.
- Dillo-0.6.0 now supports
tables!
Xpdf
can launch Dillo. Just add
"xpdf.urlCommand: dillo %s" to ~/.Xdefaults.
GNU-Darwin
Postilion now launches Dillo too!
Here's a screenshot.
Be sure to consult the package installation
instructions.
Here is another screenshot, for the incredulous. This version of Dillo is rock solid, and a good replacement for any major browser. Dillo is GPL and FREE. When authentication arrives, Dillo will be king. Many thanks to the Dillo crew.
- Several utilities provide a fast way to create PDF files and more from the command
line, with precision control over layout.
Be sure to consult the package installation
instructions.
Run "texconfig conf" first to set up your environment, then try this example.
wget http://www.gnu-darwin.org/example.html
html2latex example.html
pdflatex example.tex
xpdf example.pdf
PDF is the native graphical format for OSX, so the resulting PDF files are viewable with the Preview.app, and they should display beautifully. TeX is a typesetting utility that gives you total layout control for graphics and text, with cross-platform reproducibility. For text to html conversion, try text2html. There is plenty of documentation for these wonderful typesetting programs in /usr/local/share/texmf/doc. Incidentally, Ghostscript6.5 for postscript files, and GV-3.5.8, for postscript viewing, are also now available from GNU-Dawrin.
- If you have a Palm Pilot, give these applications a try. They just
might work!
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Chinese,
German,
Hebrew,
Japanese,
Korean,
Russian,
Ukrainian, and
Vietnamese! Be sure to read the
package
installation instructions.
-
netcdf
biopython
py-imaging
kjbuckets
py-numeric
py-opengl
py-scientific
py-tkinter
wxgtk --in CVS!
Some of these difficult ports required a careful installation of tcl/tk83, and a modification to /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.python.mk. We're almost ready to build Birdwash.
- Read about how you can download and use the
GNU-Darwin Porting Engine.
- The latest release of the GNU image
manipulation program, fully working with Script-fu and all plugins thanks to sordid, though no python/perl scripting support. Use gimp --no-shm
--no-xshm to run. Get it
from GNU-Darwin.
- If you are familiar with CDE, you will like this elegant
window manager, ported by our newest developer, sordid. Sordid also has more
projects in the pipeline, as it were ;-}.
- Impress your Mac friends with this fine screensaver. BTW, this is one of
our first binary releases in tgz package format. Expect us to go to Beta soon.
Source code in CVS.
- AfterStep ASFiles aterm offix infobot DND. Meanwhile, our game
tester, my son, is evaluating some games, and we will have more releases
soon!
- Get it and build KDE.
- Fully patched, with PNG compatibility.
- Now working for many applications. Thanks to Christoph Pfisterer for his work on the
dl
compatibility library. GNOMEcore appears to still be broken. Join the
project and fix it.
- Get it from
GNU-Darwin. Enlightenment requires a
full installation of the GNU-Darwin Distribution, plus
dlcompat.
- the first contribution
of our newest developer kyozz.
FreeCiv is a popular civilization building emulation game. With its
client/server capabilities, and its positive thrust, FreeCiv is the perfect
addition to The GNU-Darwin Distribution. kyozz tells me that he has more ports
in the pipeline too! Get FreeCiv from our SourceForge
Repository.
- A full-featured
mail client with multiple accounts, on-the-fly spell checking, IMAP, POP3, mh,
dynamic, DBASE, a powerful built in database, and much more.
Here is a screenshot. Get the source
code and make it auto-launch
Dillo
for html attachments.
Postilion requires
tcl,
tk, and
ispell
for the spell checking, all available from GNU-Darwin. While you are at it, get our new ispell enabled
Everybuddy
client.
- A fine, multipurpose text editor with capabilities to
satisfy the casual user and the developer as well. Get GXedit from
our SourceForge
Repository. GO
SourceForge! and many thanks to rrp!
- It just might work. You
will need a kickstart ROM image to try it. Please
let us know, how you like it. Find it in the
file
section.
- Read and write HFS formatted disks and disk images. Format disks as
HFS.
- Get Gnapster
for GNU-Darwin.
- A very nice planet rendering package, and a good Mesa library demo
running on GNU-Darwin. It's fully GL enabled, and won't compile with Apple's
native OpenGL. Look at some art made with Xplanet in the 3D-rendering section.
- Guile, itcl, readline, texinfo, zip! in our
FTP section.
- Tk, bzip2, ncurses, Tcl! in our
File section.
- Darwin is now fully GL enabled!
- This is simply the best file transfer client anywhere. Get the
GNU-Darwin build from the file section, or from
anonymous
CVS.
- Also, see art made with GNU-Darwin on our 3D-rendering page.