Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:45:13 -0400 From: "shane mullins" <tsmullins@optidynamic.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which Distro? Message-ID: <002201c49a0d$3e5c5f70$6a8dd042@sbofviipbsulpz> References: <20040914032740.32133.qmail@web52705.mail.yahoo.com> <16710.26335.954164.380017@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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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" <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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"
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