MacBSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD
MacBSD (aka NetBSD, FreeBSD; officially NetBSD/mac68k and
NetBSD/macppc) is a freeware alternative to Unix and Linux. LC 040.
For a full, up-to-date list of supported models and features, visit
the NetBSD/mac68k
Machine Status page. For a quick overview, scroll down this
page.
Mac Linux Mail Lists
Recent Headlines
OS: BSD's big
break? , Wide Open News, 3/12. BSD Unix is older than Linux, should
benefit from merger of FreeBSD and BSD/OS as Open Source.
OS: BSD
as free as Linux, but finds few takers , ET Online, 11/22. "When
Berkeley stopped funding this project, BSD fragmented...."
OS: FreeBSD,
the other Linux , Boston Globe, 8/29.
OS: The net's stealth operating system, MSNBC, 7/21 [Slashdot ]. "It's the software behind the
world's most popular Web site and the world's most popular FTP site
&emdash; but unless you're a geek, you've never heard of it."
OS: FreeBSD and Linux
benchmarked [Slashdot ]
OS: A
tale of two sytems , Daemon News. Linux and BSD Unix compared.
OS: Let's
get more educated about FreeBSD , osOpinon, 4/20
4 MB RAM required, 8 MB recommended, 16 MB preferred
80 MB hard drive minimum, 100+ recommended, 350 MB or larger user
partition suggested
swap partition optional, but strongly recommended; suggested at
twice the size of RAM
PCI Power Mac (NuBus models not supported)
603 or later CPU (601 not supported)
Models Supported, 68k
SE/30 Mac II : requires 68851 PMMU,
compatible video cardMac IIx , IIcx : require compatible video cardMac IIci , IIvx , LC II Mac IIsi , IIvi : require FPULC III , LC III+ : require FPUCentris, Quadra models except 900 and 950: must have full 68040,
not 68LC040, for full support
Classic II , Color Classic , Color Classic II : no video supportPowerBook 140-190, Duo 210-280: no video support
Mac IIfx: currently unsupported
Quadra 900, 950: currently unsupported
Models Supported, ppc
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System requirements are very modest - it can run on most Macs
with a 68030 CPU or later, although there are problems with Macs based
on the 68LC040.
