i've generally found, that if one buying a Mac and one does not want to
use
Mac OS X(of which some components of the GUI(Aqua) are under non free licenses), either fry the machine and put a GNU/Linux distribution on it
or
don't use Aqua, install a Free GUI and the other Free app's with along
with
Darwin. That's the way to go.
Sorry, could not understand what you wanted to convey.
Mac OS X = GNU(nearly everything) + Darwin Kernel + Aqua GUI + Some Proprietary Apple Applications and Utilities.
O.K, now we have a system on top of which you can install X11(Apple has also implemented X11 in Aqua but its highly customized to support Aqua alone, so we install our own X11 and later other X stuff). Once you have that, you can build(thanks again to GNU) Gnome, KDE etc etc etc on it. Then simply fetch any app you want. In fact there are two projects out there aimed at getting Free Software onto the Mac, one is Fink the other is Darwin Ports. Both essentially let you fetch Free Software(resolving dependencies) from their repositories.
Once you have that why use Aqua and Proprietary Apple Applications and Utilities at all :-)
The other option is format the preloaded Mac OS X when you buy an Apple machine and a GNU/Linux distro on it. Then you essentially have a Free Operating system on the Apple hardware, this can be done just as easily on both older PowerPC Mac's and the newer Intel Mac's.
Regards,
- vihan