XNU Reviews

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XNU mentions (46)

• ScummVM officially released in the App Store

  > ...even though they are technically in violation of the GPL by modifying and shipping bash binaries without full source - it is missing rootless.h (not the X11 file) They're not. They've covered this in two main ways: 1) By listing all their source code on https://opensource.apple.com/ (which links to their GitHub with all the source code) 2) By offering a complete machine-readable copy of the source code upon... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• macOS 13.5 source code released

  The XNU kernel has been open source for a very long time. https://opensource.apple.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNU Note that this is not the full operating system/windowing system, it's just the kernel. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Apple’s new Proton-like tool can run Windows games on a Mac

  Apple does plenty of open source stuff. Safari's browser engine, Swift, libdispatch, the XNU kernel used by iOS and macOS, etc. And macOS is generally packed with open source things, like the default shell, zsh. Also, Metal actually predates Vulkan, so Vulkan was definitely not established when they started focusing on Metal. Yeah, they probably should consider supporting Vulkan now, but it's nothing to do with... Source: about 1 year ago

• DirectX 12 Support on macOS

  It's still not a great thing to do. Apple used to contribute a lot more, even if some of their stuff was exclusive to their platform. https://opensource.apple.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• [D] ClosedAI license, open-source license which restricts only OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Meta from commercial use

  Everything that includes copyleft code is open source. You can see https://opensource.apple.com for a full list. Source: about 1 year ago

Otter Browser mentions (20)

• Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future

  It took me a bit of searching, but it's nice to know that there are desktop browsers that are not based on Chromium or Gecko, i.e. Webkit [1]. I would like to Otter Browser [2], next time I use my Windows machine. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/nkzrj0/comment/gzht47d/ [2] https://otter-browser.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• If webkit is open source why isn't there a good webkit based browser on windows

  There are WebKit browsers for Windows: Otter Browser and my Split Browser (alpha). Source: about 1 year ago

• Opera consumed more than my RAM size ~3.4GB of 3.2GB!

  Ditch Opera for Otter Browser, which is a spiritual continuation of the classic Opera. Source: over 1 year ago

• What do you think about a lightweight nightly WebKit browser for Windows with split view? I've just made a proof-of-concept in Qt.

  Proof of concept for split screen and based on qt is long available with the otter browser - you may be interested in the project https://otter-browser.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is Opera GX using more memory than Edge?

  Opera GX is overloaded with features, which take more RAM. Use the regular Opera for more lightweight experience. Or Otter Browser for even less RAM. Source: about 2 years ago