From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 22 22:37: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B622937B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:37:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc53.attbi.com (rwcrmhc53.attbi.com [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F44243EE5 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:37:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from InterJet.elischer.org (12-232-168-4.client.attbi.com[12.232.168.4]) by rwcrmhc53.attbi.com (rwcrmhc53) with ESMTP id <2002122306370005300k55vte>; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 06:37:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA71891; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:37:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:36:59 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Steve Kudlak Cc: David Hunt , "'hackers@freebsd.org'" , Kate Sullivan Subject: Re: Mac iBook OS10 + BSD In-Reply-To: <3E06AC02.3BD0C826@ovis.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Steve Kudlak wrote: > > > David Hunt wrote: > > > I have been using Linux (Slackware) for a number of years on my > > desktop, and have never used BSD. From what I've gathered, BSD sounds > > like the kind of OS I would like. > > > > I Now need to get a laptop, and have been thinking of getting a new > > Mac Ibook, but OS 10 seems to lack some important features I > > want/need, like virtual terminals, things I have grown quite used to. news to me.. I run multiple terminal windows, each running tcsh. That's with an unaltered macosX 10.1.5. from the user perspective it looks a lot like FreeBSD 3.{something} The new one is basically like FreeBSD 4.4. > > > > Would BSD be a good choice for the iBook as the third OS (along with > > OS9 and OS10)? MacOS-X is perfectly fine as a unix. just fire up a terminal window and use sudo when you want to be root > > > > How much can BSD share things like utilities and config files with > > OS10? Is there any special compatability due to the OSs being similar > > in some ways? > > > > How should I plan my BSD intallation? Any special advantage of having > > BSD on a Mac with OS10, as compared to Linux Slackware? Stick with MacOS-X it's going to run better onthis hardware than anything else. > > > > -- > > David Hunt > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > This brings up an interesting question. Apple makes all sorts > of noises about BSD being the basis of the MAC. If I get the > bucks I may switch to a MAC. My question is how much of > the BSD operating system can one get access to on a MAC > running OS X? Has anyone done even simple things like > started up cron jobs and the like to do housekeeping? Most of > the MAC users I know, know BSD is there but haven't done > much with it. IN fact there are noises one can't get at all the > internals and the like. Does anyone have any details about > all of this stuff. I know this is kind of general question to post > on this list. But so far even lurking this list is often where real > questions often get answered. Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Have Fun, > Sends Steve > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message