Post AbPSdFoSYap5rfvLma by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AbPJs20JHUEfnGRFIW by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2023-11-02T20:41:39Z
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Here it goes#FreeBSD #MacBookProRetina
(DIR) Post #AbPKIX5QL7ZHiuT1sG by Anniiii@gts.ferreo.dev
2023-11-02T20:45:42Z
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@stefano Oh I actually didn't know you could even run third party operating systems on apple hardware(aside of the whole asahi thing on the new apple silicon), I always assumed it was too locked down. And I'm even more impressed by it running FreeBSD, how's the driver support for things like camera, bluetooth and WiFi?
(DIR) Post #AbPKpMqbQfT5WXBwRM by sourcerer@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2023-11-02T20:52:22Z
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@stefano I have old mac pro, from around 2012. The best thing is, this machine can have up to 6 disks when you remove CD-ROM. The only thing that take me a while was installing rEFInd.With power of FreeBSD, i want to turn this into local storage + some services that could aid me.
(DIR) Post #AbPMEq1mAtepDb7wG0 by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2023-11-02T21:08:12Z
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@Anniiii I don't know, yet. I think wifi isn't working but will try with WiFibox. But I'll keep posting in the next days with the updates.Installing other OSes on old Intel Macs wasn't hard at all. Often better than PCs of the same times
(DIR) Post #AbPNCODShqj8KyzP3A by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2023-11-02T21:18:56Z
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@sourcerer that's a great idea. With zfs, that can be a perfect storage server
(DIR) Post #AbPSdFoSYap5rfvLma by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2023-11-02T22:19:05Z
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@stefano noooooice!
(DIR) Post #AbPXb2yXoYftF4PMO0 by herrbischoff@mastodon.social
2023-11-02T23:14:41Z
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@stefano @Anniiii I 100% guarantee you Wi-Fi will not work. That, along with several other incompatibilities lead me to abandon FreeBSD on portable Apple hardware pretty quickly.