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The '''Darwin''' [[operating system]] is the [[open source]] Unix-like base of the [[Mac OS X]] operating system.
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Darwin can be run on its own as a fully functional operating system, controlled via the [[command line]] (albeit with no [[Graphical user interface]]), much the same as FreeBSD or [[Linux]].
 
The "look" commonly associated with Mac OS X is provided by the [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua user interface]], which is proprietary, [[closed source]] software owned and developed independently by Apple.
 
Many of the features of the architecture of Darwin are based on [[FreeBSD]].
 
==Hexley==
[[Image:Hexley Darwin Mascot.png|thumb|200px|right|Hexley the [[platypus]], Darwin's mascot]]
In September of 2000 a discussion was started on the Darwin Developers [[mailing list]] calling for a mascot. <ref name="Hexley Discussion Archive">{{cite web
| url=http://forums.macnn.com/84/mac-os-x-archives/91678/make-a-darwin-mascot/
| title="Hexley Discussion archive on Mac News Network"
| date=Retreived 11-April-2007
}}</ref>
 
Because Darwin has roots in the FreeBSD operating system, it was decided that its logo would be based on the [[BSD Daemon]], and also would be named after who was thought to be "[[Charles Darwin]]'s assistant," [[Thomas Huxley]] (the truth would come to be found out later, that Hexley should really be Huxley, and Thomas Huxley was known as "Darwin's Bulldog," not his assistant. By this time it was considered to be too late to change the name).<ref name="Hexley history">{{cite web
| url=http://www.hexley.com/history.html
| title="Hexley Darwin Mascot History"
| date=Retreived 11-April-2007
}}</ref>
 
==Related Topics==
* [[Mac OS X]]
* [[Aqua (user interface)]]
 
==References==
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