From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 06:16:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5EF1065697 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 06:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863708FC1C for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 06:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: (qmail 19239 invoked by uid 0); 5 Oct 2008 05:50:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.187?) (216.186.148.249) by smtp7.knology.net with SMTP; 5 Oct 2008 05:50:02 -0000 In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <83D0ECC4-B5F1-49E5-B437-52B3753F68F4@hiwaay.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: David Kelly Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:50:29 -0500 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_Wix=F8e_Svela?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:16:44 -0000 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.