On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 02:10:59AM -0700, Kip Macy wrote:
You sound as if you just got the machine and haven't given MacOS X a chance.
Give MacOS X a chance. Download (if its not on your MacOS X install DVD) X
Code, and Apple X11.
X11 is barely usable under Leopard.
I've heard a few
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:00:48 +0200
From: Eirik Wix?e Svela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook?
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
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I have an Apple MacBook with an Intel Core 2 Duo
and what you really want to get from
your box.
Best Regards,
Edmunds
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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:25:39 +0200
From: Eirik Wix?e Svela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook?
To: freebsd-stable
I am not sure why you would want to put FreeBSD on the Mac. Mac is
already FreeBSD. Most of the FreeBSD ports have been made available
to the Mac through Macports. X11 comes with it, and Apple gives you
access to the kernel source code.
If you must for some reason have FreeBSD, I
Sorry, I meant BSD.
Here is the link:
http://www.freebsd.org/news/press-rel-3.html
Aharon Friedman
On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:25 AM, David Sanders wrote:
2008/10/6 Dr. Aharon Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am not sure why you would want to put FreeBSD on the Mac. Mac is
already
FreeBSD. Most
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Dr. Aharon Friedman wrote:
Sorry, I meant BSD.
Here is the link:
http://www.freebsd.org/news/press-rel-3.html
Aharon Friedman
I don't see the origina message you replied to on the list, so am replying to
it via your post...
I'm just a lurker, but even I know that
Thanks Robert,
I just did not want to go into a lot of details. My bottom line was
that unless you want to run a very specific port that has not been
ported to Mac OSX (these are quite rare), I do not see the reason to
install FreeBSD on a Mac Book. As for X11 it is maintained as a
On Oct 4, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Eirik Wixøe Svela wrote:
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.
Why?
I
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.
Why?
Might I suggest: DRM, Vendor lock-in, $128 upgrade every 2 years,
You sound as if you just got the machine and haven't given MacOS X a chance.
Give MacOS X a chance. Download (if its not on your MacOS X install DVD) X
Code, and Apple X11.
X11 is barely usable under Leopard. Apps crash regularly and
full-screen doesn't work.
He may simply want to be able
Thank you for your reply, David.
You seem to be answering a question I did not ask, but allow me to
respond briefly in any case: I have been using the operating system
since January, and I am full aware of its line of inheritance as well as
the UNIX 03 certification, and I have no major beef with
On 4 Oct 2008, at 21:00, Eirik Wixøe Svela wrote:
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
Eirik Wixøe Svela [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
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
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