From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 10 14:21:42 2003 Return-Path: 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 CBC8116A4C0 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:21:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.pressenter.com (hermes.pressenter.com [69.58.128.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9CD43FCB for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:21:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nospam@hiltonbsd.com) Received: from [69.58.133.126] (helo=daggar.sbgnet.local) by hermes.pressenter.com with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1A84hd-0000ty-00; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:21:38 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:21:36 -0500 From: Stephen Hilton To: Kevin Stevens Message-Id: <20031010162136.7ed33911.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <0F29F26B-FB66-11D7-B716-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> References: <0F29F26B-FB66-11D7-B716-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac G3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:21:42 -0000 On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:09:39 -0700 Kevin Stevens wrote: > > On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 11:16 AM, 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 > > I believe 10.3 is going to introduce a "blessed" ports system, which > I'd imagine would immediately be adopted by Darwin. Just FYI. I have been following the darwinports@opendarwin.org list for quite a while, and if this is so, then it is a pretty tightly held secret. Any reason to believe otherwise? Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com