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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.inc.net!news.sol.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!n3ott.istar!istar.net!winternet.com!news1.io.org!rrwood From: Roy Wood <rrwood@io.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Mach Microkernel + FreeBSD + PowerMacs Date: Mon, 20 May 96 19:18:11 -0500 Organization: Silicon Angst Software Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <960520191156-rrwood@io.org> Reply-To: rrwood@io.org NNTP-Posting-Host: bpci.net3.io.org X-Newsreader: rnMac v2.0d2 So, Apple and OSF have released a port of Linux to the PowerMac: http://mklinux.apple.com/ Basically, it sounds like standard Linux with some modifications to run on top of a Mach microkernel. I prefer FreeBSD to Linux, so I wonder how hard it would be to port over FreeBSD to run on top of the microkernel, too. Thus far, I've used FreeBSD only on x86 PC's, so I'm not even really aware of whether it already has support for Mach or not-- anyone better informed have anything to comment there? Anyway, I'd be willing to get involved with working on this project as part of the longterm plan for FreeBSD world domination. :-) Any other takers? -Roy