From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 04:11:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2711065670 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from numail.brianwhalen.net (numail.brianwhalen.net [66.93.34.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 766C28FC15 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: by numail.brianwhalen.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 6FC5728483; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:17 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on numail.brianwhalen.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dsl093-034-235.snd1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.34.235]) by numail.brianwhalen.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D96328472 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49A8B4F5.5040306@brianwhalen.net> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:21 -0800 From: "Brian W." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <630286c70902270134u18505882xbabf547190ae8747@mail.gmail.com> <20090227114529.GC91411@orion.ulstu.ru> <20090227150259.GA98397@Mangue> In-Reply-To: <20090227150259.GA98397@Mangue> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:11:35 -0000 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