Subject: Re: NetBSD/mac68k
To: Tim McNamara <timmcn@mr.net>
From: Lloyd I Freese Jr <dwarf@Op.Net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/06/2000 16:34:43
I second that! All to often the only thing we do is complain when
something doesn't work but we never take the time to say thank you.
Thank you!
>Hi!
>
>I'm a newbie in the UNIX world and NetBSD, having used Macs
>exclusively since 1986. I've been running 1.4.1 and now 1.4.2 on my
>PowerBook 145B; and will be booting up -current as soon as my
>workspace is cleared out. It works well as a command-line interface
>(which IMHO is the best thing for rank newbies like myself- we need
>to know how the UNIX command line works before going to a GUI
>interface), even though it isn't a specifically supported machine.
>
>Anyway, I wanted to post my appreciation for the amazing work done
>by the folks working on the port. If anyone were keeping track, I'd
>bet there are many thousands of dollars worth of development time
>that have gone into the system up to this point, and it continues to
>develop and grow. Given Apple's closed mouth syndrome regarding
>their hardware, the team has done a fabulous job of bringing BSD to
>the Mac- it's stable, fast and confusing (I think the latter part
>goes away after a while). And it may just make my old PowerBook a
>useful item again!
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