Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:01:34 -0500 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: Dave Leimbach <dleimbac@earthlink.net> Cc: universe <universe@truemetal.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD And OS X Message-ID: <20010422100134.C77386@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <200104221455.HAA04888@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net>; from dleimbac@earthlink.net on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:56:56AM -0500 References: <200104221455.HAA04888@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:56:56AM -0500, Dave Leimbach wrote: > > > doesn't matter, because running such a divine OS like FreeBSD (or its > > software packages respectively) under a macintosh environment/on a > > macintosh > > machine is just... BLASPHEMY! > > Man I hope you are not serious. I would take a PowerPC chip over Intel > compatible rubbish any day. 128 bit vector procession on the G4 rocks.... > > Apple has new machines at 733Mhz <probably faster in most applications than > a 1Ghz Intel> and it comes with a Gigbit Ethernet card. Not that I can > afford the switch to use it but if you are into clustering applications and > stuff <its my job... I have to be into clustering> this system is ideal. > > I never cared much for the Mac GUI/Environment and found that running linux > was the best way to get maximum value out of a Mac. I have heard that FBSD > is has PowerPC support on the way. > > If this is true I'd like to get me an IBM RS/6000 and a Mac to try it out. > > Dave <Leimy> He said "a macintosh environment"... and he's right, it's blasphemy. The original talk was about Mac OS X, which I'd never run. It's like a BSD that has had its guts rearrange and partially removed, with an interface that insults your intelligence... I like to call it "WannaBSD". I also hear FFS support is buggy, which means you have to put up with that POS filesystem HFS+. I'd run a PowerPC system in a heartbeat if there was a good FreeBSD port (maybe NetBSD is worth a try). I'd especially run one if they'd stop with the damn artsy case designs, and just have a plain looking box. About the vector processing in the G4... I don't believe linux PPC ports support that. I think those ports are pretty rudimentary, so everything that's great about the processor is pretty much useless. Just hope the NetBSD team did better than the linux people... -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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