Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:51:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Bzdik BSD <bzdik@yahoo.com> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD And OS X Message-ID: <20010422175120.21245.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010422100134.C77386@cec.wustl.edu>
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--- Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:56:56AM -0500, Dave Leimbach wrote: > > > > > doesn't matter, because running such a divine OS like FreeBSD (or > its > > > software packages respectively) under a macintosh environment/on > a > > > macintosh > > > machine is just... BLASPHEMY! > > > > Man I hope you are not serious. I would take a PowerPC chip over > Intel > > compatible rubbish any day. 128 bit vector procession on the G4 > rocks.... > > > > Apple has new machines at 733Mhz <probably faster in most > applications than > > a 1Ghz Intel> and it comes with a Gigbit Ethernet card. Not that I > can > > afford the switch to use it but if you are into clustering > applications and > > stuff <its my job... I have to be into clustering> this system is > ideal. > > > > I never cared much for the Mac GUI/Environment and found that > running linux > > was the best way to get maximum value out of a Mac. I have heard > that FBSD > > is has PowerPC support on the way. > > > > If this is true I'd like to get me an IBM RS/6000 and a Mac to try > it out. > > > > Dave <Leimy> > > He said "a macintosh environment"... and he's right, it's blasphemy. > The > original talk was about Mac OS X, which I'd never run. It's like a > BSD > that has had its guts rearrange and partially removed, with an > interface > that insults your intelligence... I like to call it "WannaBSD". I > also > hear FFS support is buggy, which means you have to put up with that > POS > filesystem HFS+. > > I'd run a PowerPC system in a heartbeat if there was a good FreeBSD > port > (maybe NetBSD is worth a try). I'd especially run one if they'd stop > with the damn artsy case designs, and just have a plain looking box. > > About the vector processing in the G4... I don't believe linux PPC > ports > support that. I think those ports are pretty rudimentary, so > everything > that's great about the processor is pretty much useless. Just hope > the > NetBSD team did better than the linux people... > > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx Artsy boxes :)) are fine for those who opened them at least once. No broken nails and cut fingers. It just beats me why the PC engineers can't come up with something more functional than we have in the PC. I have been using both for over decade and nothing changed. As for G4, the chipset and the whole mobo is not up to the task in the Mac, a lot of waste. Linux people are doing better job supporting older PPCs, like 601. A 7200/90 I have is supported by 4-5 Linuxen and no BSD. And you are paid when you take this machine as a donation here. RAM is rather expensive, otherwise I'd run Mac OS 8.6 in a heartbeat on them. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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