Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:19:26 -0400 From: "Dr. Aharon Friedman" <afriedman@drsns.com> To: David Sanders <dsuzukisanders@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook? --- WHY? Message-ID: <C070B5C3-5EBC-42D6-A194-69AF2CAD7184@drsns.com> In-Reply-To: <6228eb140810060825g784d0d1fle6738d3186cc4451@mail.gmail.com> References: <363BDDAF-76C7-49AE-A8F5-EE1995C4CCBF@drsns.com> <6228eb140810060825g784d0d1fle6738d3186cc4451@mail.gmail.com>
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Sorry, I meant BSD. Here is the link: http://www.freebsd.org/news/press-rel-3.html Aharon Friedman On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:25 AM, David Sanders wrote: > 2008/10/6 Dr. Aharon Friedman <afriedman@drsns.com>: >> I am not sure why you would want to put FreeBSD on the Mac. Mac is >> already >> FreeBSD. Most of the FreeBSD ports have been made available to the >> Mac >> through Macports. X11 comes with it, and Apple gives you access to >> the >> kernel source code. >> >> If you must for some reason have FreeBSD, I recommend using a virtual >> machine software such as VM Ware Fusion (the are cheeper when you >> buy from >> Amazon - about $60). It does work very well for me. Although I >> use the Mac >> OS for all my Unix needs, I have installed a Windows XP Pro 64 bit >> for my >> Windows need. You could create a Linux and / or FreeBSD virtual >> machine. >> The software will even download it for you. >> > > I'm just a lurker, but even I know that only some of the userland > apps in OS X > are BSD-based. The kernel is mach microkernel based and not even > slightly > similar. > > I don't think anyone is answering the OP's question, but put simply > Mac OS is > not BSD, and the X11 implementation is buggy to say the least. I > wouldn't > recommend it for most OSS stack dev work.
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