Why yes, yes I have/do use os X. but more importantly I use X.1, which
is a much better offering. It has support for dvd and way better memory
management. I have access to a shell that is fairly configureable. There
is no bash by default, but there is tcsh , csh , sh, and if you grap the
fink package you are set. fink is a debian like apt-get'r. It is pretty
sweet. You have to install the developer software to have your compiler
and fun stuff, but there are a ton of possiblities with this OS. You can
even login in as >console and be in a for real console mode. I compiled
X on my box but I have yet to configure it, but yes I do have X on
darwin, cool stuff. I recommend anyone with a mac to try X.1, X will
just make you mad. One thing I am still waiting for is IrDa support, tha
t is the only reason I leave 9.2 hanging around at all. Mac OS offers a
combination that you just can't find anywhere else.
Of course the install is lame and has a HUGE security hole, but hey what
do you expect from a company named apple????????
* David Blevins (dmblevins at mediaone.net) wrote:
> I've been hearing a lot about FreeBSD since Apple integrated it into the Mac
> OS X.  An integration like this doesn't happen over night, I imagine that
> Apple has been funding the project for quite some time.  With Apple's focus
> on usability, it's no wonder FreeBSD's user-friendliness is a bit of an
> anomaly.
> 
> The first thing I think is "Why FreeBSD and not Linux?"
> 
> Regardless, the idea of a UNIX underbelly with a slick Mac GUI system is
> like a dream come true.  The question is, can I still get down and dirty
> into the UNIX side, does it still feel like UNIX under the hood?
> 
> Anyone here tried out OS X yet?
> 
> David
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org
> > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Austad, Jay
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:49 AM
> > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org'
> > Subject: [TCLUG] Freebsd lovin'
> >
> >
> > Ok, I know this is a linux list and all, but I just installed FreeBSD 4.4,
> > and well...  It rocks.  I used the mini-iso image, which fits on one of
> > those little 3 inch CDRs.
> >
> > Primarily, I did it for a qmail server.  With linux, I was limited to 509
> > concurrent outgoing connections without patching the kernel, and no patch
> > exists for the 2.4 kernels (at least that I could find).  With FreeBSD, I
> > just add -DFD_SETSIZE=65536 to the compile options for qmail, and I'm able
> > to do over 32,000 concurrent outgoing connections, about 60 times
> > more than
> > linux.  I don't have it set that high of course, but, the ability
> > is there.
> >
> >
> > And installing software from the ports tree works excellent.  I tried
> > downloading apachetoolbox (apachetoolbox.com) and couldn't get it
> > to compile
> > correctly, so I just went into the ports directory into each directory for
> > apache+modssl, mod_php4, and mysql, and did a make/make install
> > in each one.
> > No errors, and it installed everything perfectly.
> >
> > If you haven't tried freebsd, now is a good time to give it a shot.  I
> > selected the express install (and then just the development
> > package) on the
> > cd, and then set up networking before I rebooted.  My roommate
> > did a regular
> > install and he had problems, but he was probably smoking crack.
> >
> > Jay
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