Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:21 -0800 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook Message-ID: <49A8B4F5.5040306@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <20090227150259.GA98397@Mangue> References: <630286c70902270134u18505882xbabf547190ae8747@mail.gmail.com> <20090227114529.GC91411@orion.ulstu.ru> <20090227150259.GA98397@Mangue>
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Demelier David wrote: > zaa@zaa.pp.ru wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 03:04:09PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I hear that Mac OS X and later ones are based on FreeBSD. My wife is >>> planning to get a Macbook , which I don't quite approve. Mainly >>> because we need to pay for any upgrade or new add ons. >>> >>> But i see there is the 'ports' for Mac as in the case of FreeBSD. Is >>> it the same thing? Can we use FreeBSD ports on Macbook? That we I am >>> spared of paying profusely? >>> >> Mac users might use Mac Ports - http://www.macports.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > I don't know if we can runs any FreeBSD ports, I know that the mac os > kernel have a FreeBSD layer and you can runs some binaries from > unix-like OS. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > OS X is based on nix, but I thought it was NextOS? You can bring up a nix prompt in their OS, it is very useful on the server. Brian
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