Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:09:06 -0400 From: Mykroft Holmes IV <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac G3? Message-ID: <3F86D9A2.90701@explosive.mail.net> In-Reply-To: <007c01c38f41$6d379030$6500a8c0@garfield> References: <007c01c38f41$6d379030$6500a8c0@garfield>
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While there is a Ports system for Darwin/OS X, called GNUDarwin, avoid it, as it is notorious for breaking the basic OS install without asking. Fink is a better alternative, it's pretty much a port of the Debian package management system, with somewhat improved source handling. As it dumps all downloaded software in /sw, it doesn't break the base install. Very nifty. Works very well. OS X + Fink is a greak little OS, especially if you use 10.2 with Apple's X11 server. I run that on my old Beige G3, and it's quite decent. Adam Brian McCann wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This may be a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a "real", > current version of FreeBSD that will run on a G3 Mac? I've looked at > both Net & OpenBSD, but I'd rather stick with one OS for all my PCs. > I know, that Darwin is basically the same thing as FreeBSD and that > very little has changed...but one of the main reason I love FreeBSD > is because of the ports collection. Has anyone tried downloading the > ports collection on a Darwin system and tried building anything? > > Thanks, > - --Brian > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; > > iQA/AwUBP4bNNERPmxonqOz6EQKeowCfX30jr6LPZJT/RhBBzgdyALeJWqcAoLE7 > 7/2F4SebTPbAVlI4xzJ/zonF > =X5XT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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