Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:54:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Kinder <benjaminkinder@yahoo.com> To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Darwin and FreeBSD on PPC Message-ID: <20010928235430.76128.qmail@web9407.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010928222247.D1D8937B403@hub.freebsd.org>
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Aaron, If your machine is made by Apple, and you want BSD on it, your best bet right now is NetBSD www.netbsd.org . NetBSD runs on almost all hardware platforms, and their PPC support is good. It is slightly more difficult for a new user to install than FreeBSD, and they don't have as many applications prepackaged, but since all BSDs have "correctness" listed as one of their main project goals, if you know one BSD you could probably get around any other. I use three of the BSDs myself, NetBSD on weird/old hardware, OpenBSD as a firewall, and FreeBSD as a webserver -- They are all excellent systems. Ben --- Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> wrote: > Thats what I was afraid of. I wondered where Mach > came into play; now I > know. I would really like to see FreeBSD on the > PowerPC arch. In the long > term scheme of things, I plan to try and learn PPC > assembly [currently > taking an intro x86 asm class] for this purpose. > > thanks for the reply, > - aaron > > --------------------------------------------- > click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 > webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net > moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> > To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:32:41 -0400 > Subject: Re: Darwin and FreeBSD on PPC > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:25:41PM -0700, Aaron > wrote: > > > My apologies if this has been brought up before > [I could not find any > > > mention of it] > > > > > > Since Darwin/OS X runs on the PowerPC arch, and > its mostly based on > > > FreeBSD; then why can't most of the code be > ported back to FreeBSD to > > > speed up the PPC port? Is it Apple's license or > the fact that Darwin > > has > > > changed the FreeBSD kernel so drastically; or is > my logic fatally > > flawed? > > > > Darwin isn't really based on the FreeBSD kernel. > It uses parts of > > FreeBSD's userland and libraries, and some > portions of the kernel > > originated in FreeBSD (for example their > /dev/random is a port of the > > FreeBSD /dev/random), but their kernel is derived > from NextStep, and > > has significant differences from FreeBSD's kernel > in many ways. > > > > -garrett > > > > -- > > garrett rooney Unix was not > designed to stop you > > from > > rooneg@electricjellyfish.net doing stupid > things, because that > > would > > http://electricjellyfish.net/ stop you from > doing clever things. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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