From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 19:45:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB5A106566C for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADC78FC12 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m78JjF01081849; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:45:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:44:58 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: John Almberg Message-ID: <20080808194457.GA81628@thought.org> References: <20080807224226.GA45445@thought.org> <367CE1DD-F026-407C-819F-4A190B7F6716@mac.com> <20080808061934.GC57877@thought.org> <3800467F-66CE-446B-B322-1310769B2DA6@identry.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3800467F-66CE-446B-B322-1310769B2DA6@identry.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: apple mac laptop. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:45:01 -0000 On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 08:47:50AM -0400, John Almberg wrote: > >>(And yes, while one can run FreeBSD just fine on a Macbook, Sahil is > >>right that the question is off-topic for these lists. :-) > > > > > > Well, considering that they asked us (and NetBSD) for clues when > > they were porting OSX, it didn't seem like my post was *that* > > far Off! maybe a tiny bit. > > > > Anyway, thanks to everybody who replied onlist and off. > > > > gary > > > > I don't think it's far OT, either, since IMHO, Mac desktops and > FreeBSD servers are the perfect, practical combination for many > organizations, including my own. This might better be asked offlist, but there may be others like me who are clueless, and since you are familiar, I'll ask you. How "interact-able" are FBSD and (say) MacBook? E.g., is there a "BSD-way" of my creating an account of the Apple and using is? It's got @G of RAM, and a 160G drive [!]. Apple says in plain text that is is UNIX. (or maybe Berkeley Unix). So besides the mac firewall [whatever], the laptop will be behind my pfSense box. So... --and to be completely honest, the main reason for this >> $1000 laptop is *security*. When she was younger I wasn't that concerned is some kiddie cracker learned that her favorite pet was a kitty. Different now. Another question: can I install X11 without it bothering whatever kind of mac front-end windowing comes with? Be great if I could admin this BSD-based computer from my office. thankee much! gary > > -- John > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org