| OS X 10.1.2 | Debian 2.2 | |
| Kernel | Darwin 1.4.1 | Linux 2.2.19 |
| Runs on | Macs, but Darwin | x86, Alpha, ARM, |
| runs on x86 | 680x0, PowerPC, SPARC | |
| Open Source | Kernel yes, | Yes |
| GUI no | ||
| License | Darwin comes under | GPL |
| the Apple Public Source | ||
| License | ||
| Price | $129 at | Free via FTP, |
| Apple Store; | CDs vary in price | |
| Darwin is free | ||
| X Windows | Separate download; | Included |
| see the XonX Project | ||
| The GIMP | Separate download | Included |
| GNOME | Separate download | Included |
| KDE | No | Separate download |
| Package | FINK, separate | apt-get |
| Manager | download, based on | |
| apt-get | ||
| Shells | tcsh is default; | bash (default) and many others |
| bash and others | included | |
| available separately | ||
| Editors | Emacs, vi, TextEdit | Emacs, XEmacs, vi, pico, |
| included; others | joe, Vim, AbiWord, etc. | |
| available separately | included | |
| ssh, sshd | Included | Included |
| E-mail Apps | Mail.app (GUI app); | pine, mutt included |
| pine, mutt available | ||
| separately | ||
| Browser | MSIE included; | Netscape, Lynx included |
| Mozilla, Netscape, OmniWeb, | ||
| Opera, iCab, Lynx separate | ||
| downloads | ||
| MySQL, | Separate download | Included |
| Apache | Included | Included |
| Sendmail | Included | Included |
| BIND | Included | Included |
| FTP Server | Included | Included |
| Samba | Included | Included |
| Perl | Included | Included |
| Python | Separate download | Included |
| CVS | Included | Included |
| Compiler | cc | gcc |
| App Framework | Cocoa | GNUstep |
| Wireless | Included | Separate download |
| 80211.b | (iwconfig etc. not found | |
| support | in Debian on-line | |
| packages list) | ||
| Wine | No | Included |