From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 12:08:49 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 3B8EE1065688 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:08:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unicorn@blackhats.org) Received: from unicorn-holding.com (mail.unicorn-holding.com [193.202.115.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00A588FC19 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:08:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unicorn@blackhats.org) Received: from [192.168.10.14] (83-48-223.ftth.xms.internl.net [85.223.48.83]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unicorn-holding.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C46E922865; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:50:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Quux To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_Wix=F8e_Svela?= In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> Message-Id: <0AC44BDA-B3CF-4240-9732-12E411260104@blackhats.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:50:55 +0200 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) 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 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 12:08:49 -0000 On 4 Oct 2008, at 21:00, 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. I understand that Ubuntu GNU/Linux is supposed to work well on =20= > this > kind of machine, but I would rather use some variant of BSD if that =20= > is a > viable alternative. Only used FreeBSD (and several Linux variations and Windows varieties) =20= on my Macbook Pro, but none of these as the boot operating system. All =20= of these do however run as expected in a virtual environment like =20 Parallels. > 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. > > Best regards > Eirik W. Svela > OpenPGP key ID 0x46DCA4C4 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org=20 > " Ciao, Hans.