On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 16:34 -0500, Dan wrote: > At 10:45 PM -0600 2/12/2010, williamd wrote: > >I have been having some trouble installing FreeBSD 7.2 on my imac, > >and am wondering whether another BSD or Linux distribution is better > >suited to my machine. Using a 15-inch 1ghz usb 2.0 model with 512mb > >ram and 80gb hard drive. Has anyone successfully used a -nix OS on > >this machine? > > The absolute best Unix distro for your Mac is ..... Mac OS X. > > Yes, Mac OS X. > > That product from Apple, that is, at its core UNIX - based on Mach and > FreeBSD. > > For you purists out there, that just cannot stand to use a pretty > GUI, such as Aqua - the one provided by Apple - you're more than > welcome to fire up Terminal and use whatever shell you want...
Dan, I agree, but with the caveat that 10.4 is the highest that his iMac can go as it is, and 10.5 is only possible with much more memory (to be usable) and with a big performance hit, I would think that machine would be better served running a Linux distro, for the long-term. There are (limited) cases where I wouldn't go with OS X, and this is a borderline case. If it was a G3 without FireWire, I'd say Debian without hesitating, though. Caleb (Written on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, running a Mac OS 9-themed GNOME under Debian) -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
