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What's the difference between darwin and mac os x? 
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uname -a on my mac box gives me:<br />
Darwin 8.10.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1 root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEAS<wbr />E_I386 i386 i386<br />
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I would like to install the virtual desktop available as a download from the apple site.<br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/youcontroldesktops.html" rel="ugc">http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/youcontroldesktops.html</a><br />
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but it says in the requirements:<br />
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System Requirements<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; * Mac OS X 10.3 or later<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; * Transition effects require support for Quartz Extreme<br />
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Will mac os x 10.3 be equivalent to darwin 8.10 (my machine)? can i assume mac os x 10.3 software will run in my darwin 8.10 box?<br />
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Thx 
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uname -a on my mac box gives me:
Darwin 8.10.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1 root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386

I would like to install the virtual desktop available as a download from the apple site.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/youcontroldesktops.html

but it says in the requirements:

System Requirements

    * Mac OS X 10.3 or later
    * Transition effects require support for Quartz Extreme


Will mac os x 10.3 be equivalent to darwin 8.10 (my machine)? can i assume mac os x 10.3 software will run in my darwin 8.10 box?

Thx 

What&#39;s the difference between darwin and mac os x? 

installation question depending on mac harware platform

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.