From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 05:19:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E3881065675 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:19:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263128FC1D for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B838686147AA; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:26 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id KHFpzQOzy4-v; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id D8CFC6854F1CE; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:25 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081125051925.GB31920@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <8675CD0C-6DDC-4472-A3CA-B3EA3F4A43C7@sandbox.ca> <20081124235456.Y55229@sandbox.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081124235456.Y55229@sandbox.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 OpenPKG/% (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:19:27 -0000 On Mon, Nov 24, 2008, Ian Jefferson wrote: > > >On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg wrote: >> >> > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: >> > >> > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? >> >> >> >> >> >> Ian, >> >> You could always test it using VMWare Fusion........and then let us know > >Er, Gee thanks. I'll just have a word with the VMware guys about fully >abastracting the mini in software... back in a jiffy.... ;-) There's no reason one couldn't run all the normal LAMPS stuff on the Mac Mini with OS X. I have apache, postgresql, mysql, php, python, perl, etc. running on my PPC Mac Mini, all built from source. I haven't tried FreeBSD on the Macs. The most adventurous I've been so far is to put Yellowdog Linux on an old 450MhZ G4 tower, mostly to see how it worked -- pretty much the same as our other RPM-based systems running CentOS and SuSE. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 We'll show the world we are prosperous, even if we have to go broke to do it. -- Will Rogers