Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:50:55 +0200 From: Quux <unicorn@blackhats.org> 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: <0AC44BDA-B3CF-4240-9732-12E411260104@blackhats.org> In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no>
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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.
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