Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:50:29 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_Wix=F8e_Svela?= <eirik@nynorsk.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook? Message-ID: <83D0ECC4-B5F1-49E5-B437-52B3753F68F4@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no>
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On Oct 4, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Eirik Wix=F8e Svela wrote: > I have an Apple MacBook with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (November > 2007 edition, cf. the Wikipedia article for specifications), and I =20 > have > been considering switching to one of the free UNIX clones for some =20 > time > now. Why? > I understand that Ubuntu GNU/Linux is supposed to work well on this > kind of machine, but I would rather use some variant of BSD if that =20= > is a > viable alternative. MacOS X *is* a genuine recognized variant of BSD. > I would therefore like to ask you whether anyone here has any =20 > experience > with FreeBSD, either 7.0-RELEASE or any other version, that they would > like to share so I might know what to expect if I choose to go through > with this. I have some time on my hands the next couple of weeks, so I > am prepared to spend some days tweaking things to work if it is worth > the effort, but if it isn't, I might as well take Ubuntu for a spin or > do a clean install of Mac OS X. You sound as if you just got the machine and haven't given MacOS X a =20 chance. Give MacOS X a chance. Download (if its not on your MacOS X =20 install DVD) X Code, and Apple X11. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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