Re: Mac G4 ? OS X vs OpenBsd

[Greg Thomas <getbsd@sbcglobal.net>]

On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 06:23 PM, Chuck Yerkes wrote:

> Quoting CMS (cms01@tampabay.rr.com):
>> Has anyone install OpenBsd on a Mac G4 ( aka sawtooth )
>> if so, how does it compare to the Mac G4 running OS X
>
> It runs, it runs different things.
> OS-X is a mach based OS with a proprietary windowing system on it.
> It likes lots of RAM.
>
> BSD (Net and Open) are notably quicker, don't run Aqua and can
> run on lots less RAM.

Aqua is pretty and all but it's pretty limited compared to X.  Now that 
I've installed XDarwin and WindowMaker I can run Aqua alongside full 
screen XDarwin (it's been awhile since I've played XGalaga!).  So I'm 
booting OpenBSD less and less on my G4 and putting Open to good use on 
older SPARC and i386 machines.

Greg