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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the PowerPC
From: Mykroft Holmes IV <mykroft@explosive.mail.net>
To: Stacy Olivas <olivas@digiflux.org>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org, ed@crazy-ed.net
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On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 18:18, Stacy Olivas wrote:
> Greetings..
> 
> I have a question for the list.. I have a friend who is an avid Mac freak..
> (yes, I know Avid is
> a video editing platform available on the mac.. :)..
> 
> anyways, I've convinced him to try FreeBSD over say Linux, and he has a
> question about the PowerPC
> port of FreeBSD that is listed at: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html
> 
> The page is a little dated... does this still exist?  Does it work?
> 
> (P.S. When you reply, please include the CC addressee too, he's the one
> inquiring).
> 
> TIA.
> 

Well, Mac OS X is probably the best known FreeBSD based Unix on the
PowerPC platform. It will run on 604 based Mac's using the Xpostofacto
installer. I'm pretty sure the FreeBSD port to OS X is no longer
current.

Adam


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