Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:31:05 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au> To: Israel Miranda <programadorlinux@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apple Powerbook G4 and some modem doubts Message-ID: <495D6049.5040909@fragfest.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4d3a76db0812230640i6aba7c43s525e17af011a3b8b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d3a76db0812230640i6aba7c43s525e17af011a3b8b@mail.gmail.com>
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If you want non-macosx on that hardware, linux is most likely your best option. Burn me at the stake as needed. I ran debian linux on various G3 and G4 hardware for about 5 years. Its a shame they abandoned the arch, its the most stable linux ive used. You want a dial up modem?? Dean Israel Miranda wrote: > Hi there guys. I just acquired and used powerbook g4 on ebay, and I've been > planning to install freebsd on my machines for quite sometime. > Does any of you use freebsd on a powerpc machine ? > I'll install it anyway, but I just wonder if there is good support for > freebsd in the ppc platform. I mean, enough programs, I know ppc > architecture is on tyer 2 support, so I am asking if someone has freebsd > installed on a powerpc machine as a primary > operating system and is satisfied with it. Actually I am more worried about > skype because I need it, and maybe some other apps I'll need in the way. > My doubt is to use either freebsd or macos X leopard in my powerbook as > primary OS. At first Macos X leopard seems to have a lot of apps for ppc but > I am a new Macos X user too. Please, no suggestions of installing linux, I > am a long time linux user and I no longer want to use it for my personal > machines. > > My second question is about modem support. > My desktop computer is a Pentium 4 478 socket 2.6ghz HT, on a intel D865 > PERL motherboard and an intel 537EP modem. > Please recommend me any pci modem that is fully supported, because my modem > has no freebsd driver at all. > > Thanks for the help guys. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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