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• GNU-Darwin shell accounts

  GNU-Darwin shell accounts Shell accounts have been enabled for all
  GNU-Darwin internet service users. The shell-only server includes a
  full GNU-Darwin Office-x86 installation, Darwin-6.0.2, compilers, and
  fetchmail access to your mail account. SMTP-on-LAN has also been
  provided. The shell server should be very secure with firewalled,
  ssh-only access, and this resource will hopefully accellerate
  development on the Darwin platform including x86. Here are the links.

  [1]http://webmail.gnu-darwin.org/
  [2]http://www.gnu-darwin.org/order.shtml

  Shell accounts should be considered beta and experimental for the
  present, due to their long and dubious history on the internet. Of
  course, we will not tolerate any cracking or spamming activities,
  which will certainly get your shell account deactivated. Having said
  that, I think that this will be beneficial to many users who may not
  have access to a Darwin-x86 machine. It will also be a great
  demonstration and resource for the Distro and the larger community,
  and a good way to get to know some of you better too. Cheers!

  GNU-Darwin internet services, now include shell access, total SSL
  encryption, SMTP-on-LAN, web hosting, web mail, IMAP, web hosting,
  virtual domains and flexible subdomains as well. This seems like a
  killer deal to me for $15 bucks a year with 1 month free trial. It is
  like a ".Mac for Nerds", but it is also a great example of the
  compelling work that can now be done with GNU-Darwin. Tell your
  friends about it.

  Regards,
  proclus
  [3]http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

  References

  1. http://webmail.gnu-darwin.org/
  2. http://www.gnu-darwin.org/order.shtml
  3. http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

  2003-04-10 01:01:04 GMT by proclus

• Blackout

  In the event that war breaks out with Iraq, GNU-Darwin will observe
  the anti-war moratorium by replacing our home page with the following
  message; Stop the war now!

  If you see this message, then I advise you to stop what you are
  doing and join the demonstrators in the street.

  If you have any suggestions on how to respond to the madness of Mr.
  Bush and his administration, please feel free to pass them along.
  Forward this message along as you like, and accept my apologies, if you
  receive more than one copy.

  Regards,
  proclus
  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
  

  2003-03-12 23:55:29 GMT by proclus

• New installer for MacOSX 10.2 / Darwin 6

  A new interactive installer for the GNU-Darwin distribution is available.

  It includes many features such as:
  darwin-version aware
  download resuming
  well tested packages

  Run as root:
  curl http://yves.gnu-darwin.org/one_stop -o one_stop
  sh one_stop

  yves
  

  2003-02-06 19:54:52 GMT by yvesde

• GNU-Darwin 1.0!

  I've put the project in stable production status, and updated some key
  web pages.

  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/packages.shtml
  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ports/index.shtml

  Our core asset, the packages and software distribution system is now
  usable by anyone who is willing to learn the Unix command line, and we
  encourage everyone to do so. This system together with GNU-Darwin OS
  itself is an impactful force in the industry, and our project is
  popular, influential, and widely watched. It is clear that as a major
  distribution we will continue build and grow our many sub-projects, such
  as internet services, the ports, x86 hardware support, and our CDRs and
  other hard media offerings. Once again, many thanks to Cornell
  University, the worldwide free software development collective, Darwin
  contributors, SourceForge, Prime Time Freeware, the *BSD trinity,
  Apple, and everyone else who helped us to get to this point. In this
  rich context we have become 1.0, but we are just getting started, and it
  is going to be a wild ride and a compelling journey. Join us now.

  Regards,
  proclus
  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

  
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  2003-01-11 19:49:14 GMT by proclus

• FREE Darwin!

  I'm getting ready to draft the yearly report, which is only a little
  late ;-}. The Distribution has grown and progressed significantly, and
  undergone many positive changes, thanks to the efforts talented
  developers all over the world. Unfortunately, there are a couple of
  things that haven't changed, and it is necessary for us to step up our
  stridency and activism IMHO. I'm posting these concerns here first,
  before the report gets written.

  First, Apple continues the wall-of-silence with respect to their
  repugnant DMCA-based legal action, and there is no reason whatsoever
  for us to think that they will not undertake similar action in the
  future. It is regrettable that the DMCA was Apple-sponsored
  legislation, and it is now time for them to disavow it and promise never
  to employ it.

  Second, APSL is languishing, and it is unacceptable to the free
  software community. It is now time for an APSL revision, which brings
  the license in line with the free software definition in accordance
  with the expectations of GNU Project.

  In response to the inaction on these crucial items, we are taking two
  actions.

  First, we are making explicit and binding the following policy.
  GNU-Darwin will not support or distribute any software which links to
  proprietary libraries, and that includes Cocoa, Carbon, CoreAudio, etc.
  There will be no native package manager from GNU-Darwin (pkg_add
  suffices).

  Second, we will be moving our operations to x86, and we are putting the
  ppc collection into maintenance mode.

  As always, please feel free to contact me about these issues as well as
  any other concern.

  Regards,
  proclus
  http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

  2002-12-18 19:07:11 GMT by proclus

via sourceforge.net

Here are some GNU-Darwin News releases going back to the very beginning. More to come.

Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

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