Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:25:14 +0200 From: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk> To: Eirik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wix=F8e?= Svela <eirik@nynorsk.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook? Message-ID: <ygf3ajbunjp.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk> In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> ("Eirik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wix=F8e?= Svela"'s message of "Sat\, 04 Oct 2008 21\:00\:48 %2B0200") References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no>
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Eirik Wix=F8e Svela <eirik@nynorsk.no> writes: > I have an Apple MacBook with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (November > 2007 edition, cf. the Wikipedia article for specifications), and I have > been considering switching to one of the free UNIX clones for some time > now. 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 is a > viable alternative. I have a MacBook running FreeBSD. IIRC I bought it in January 2008 so it's probably the same model as yours. > I would therefore like to ask you whether anyone here has any 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. I have made a few notes here: http://borderworlds.dk/notes/freebsd-macbook.html I just used boot camp and did a pretty standard install. I would recommend installing a 7.1-BETA release to have the wired ethernet working from the beginning. --=20 Christian Laursen
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