From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 14:25:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 526E51065691 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:25:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xi@borderworlds.dk) Received: from kazon.borderworlds.dk (kazon.borderworlds.dk [213.239.213.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1207D8FC29 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:25:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xi@borderworlds.dk) Received: from dominion.borderworlds.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kazon.borderworlds.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9793617149; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:25:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dominion.borderworlds.dk (Postfix, from userid 2000) id 4C89947A; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:25:15 +0200 (CEST) To: Eirik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wix=F8e?= Svela References: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> From: Christian Laursen Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:25:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <48E7BD60.80001@nynorsk.no> ("Eirik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wix=F8e?= Svela"'s message of "Sat\, 04 Oct 2008 21\:00\:48 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD a suitable choice for a MacBook? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:25:17 -0000 Eirik Wix=F8e Svela 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 GNU/Linux is supposed to work well on this > kind of machine, but I would rather use some variant of BSD if that is a > viable alternative. I have a MacBook running FreeBSD. IIRC I bought it in January 2008 so it's probably the same model as yours. > I would therefore like to ask you whether anyone here has any experience > with FreeBSD, either 7.0-RELEASE or any other version, that they would > like to share so I might know what to expect if I choose to go through > with this. I have some time on my hands the next couple of weeks, so I > am prepared to spend some days tweaking things to work if it is worth > the effort, but if it isn't, I might as well take Ubuntu for a spin or > do a clean install of Mac OS X. I have made a few notes here: http://borderworlds.dk/notes/freebsd-macbook.html I just used boot camp and did a pretty standard install. I would recommend installing a 7.1-BETA release to have the wired ethernet working from the beginning. --=20 Christian Laursen