From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 10:43:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF44F16A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:43:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95A3E43D4C for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:43:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@amadeus.demon.nl) Received: from amadeus.demon.nl ([82.161.18.200]:54595 helo=[10.0.1.1]) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C7Amu-0003mL-RT for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:43:52 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <002201c49a0d$3e5c5f70$6a8dd042@sbofviipbsulpz> References: <20040914032740.32133.qmail@web52705.mail.yahoo.com> <16710.26335.954164.380017@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <002201c49a0d$3e5c5f70$6a8dd042@sbofviipbsulpz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: freebsd-questions Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:43:51 +0200 To: FreeBSD questions list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: Which Distro? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:43:54 -0000 What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you? just my 2 cts Arno On 14 sep 2004, at 05:45, shane mullins wrote: > I am not a Mac user by any means, but I think FreeBSD supports newer > Macs. > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html > > Shane > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Huff" > To: > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:34 PM > Subject: Which Distro? > > >> >> Viper writes: >> >>> I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking >>> about turning it into a server. I asked around and >>> everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of >>> FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? >> >> 1) There is no FreeBSD port for the PPC. (Or rather, there is, >> not usable as far as I know.) If you insist on running pure-strain >> UNIX try NetBSD. >> 2) Many programs which run on FreeBSD have a version for OS X. >> >> >> Robert Huff >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >