From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 27 20:52:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9DE316A402 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DAC143D79 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:52:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com [192.168.2.61]) (AUTH: PLAIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:52:06 -0400 id 00056416.44512EF6.0000145E Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:52:06 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: James Riendeau Message-Id: <20060427165206.6256f5fb.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <12AF2FD6-1149-4012-951A-84F55BB1A6F9@wisc.edu> References: <33BF4116-4A55-4B03-8791-37B4B8ACEB52@antsclimbtree.com> <12AF2FD6-1149-4012-951A-84F55BB1A6F9@wisc.edu> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mark@antsclimbtree.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Macs and FreeBSD? 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: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:52:07 -0000 On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:47:37 -0500 James Riendeau wrote: > Why? Mac OS X has a complete unix freebsd-like core called darwin > ( http://www.darwin.org ). There's no reason to install freebsd on > it. Just install Mac Developer Tools (included in the Applications > folder), compile your favorite progs and go. Have you actually tried this? Installing ports from FreeBSD is about 50x easier than getting software compiled/installed on a Mac. I've been working with the Macs here at the office for a few weeks, and I've come to realize just how wonderfully well-maintained FreeBSD's ports are! I'd take FreeBSD over MacOS any day. Perhaps it will get better over time, but I'm not impressed with it right now. > On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the Intel Macs can boot and install FreeBSD, > > now that the firmware includes BIOS compatibility? Has anyone seen > > it happen? > > > > I'm thinking of using a Mac Mini as a quiet living-room server. > > Thanks! -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ****************************************************************