MachTen rules, 4.4BSD that runs along with MacOS with X11R6.1
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kevin havener wrote:
> 
> Bill Studenmund wrote: (after much snipping
> 
> >
> > You don't have much in the way of alternatives. A/UX is dead. There are some
> > under-MacOS UNIXies around, but I've not heard how they do. Linux-mac68k
> > seems to be alive, but I think we're farther ahead on having stuff work.
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Affirmative.  By any reasonable measure of utility.
> 
> > OpenBSD is around, too. But they aren't a choice if you want compiles-out-of
> > -the-box source as I think if it compiles for OpenBSD (and is user code)
> > it will probably (95% chance) compile for NetBSD. Said differently, if
> > it didn't compile for NetBSD, I think chances are slim it'd compile for
> > OpenBSD.
> >
> > I really think NetBSD is still the best choice. But then I'm biased. :-)
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Bill
> 
> Sorry about this, but I just have to ask:  just what is the difference
> between OpenBSD and NetBSD as far as Mac68k is concerned?  I've been
> following an OpenBSD-Mac68k list (maybe the wrong one--very few posts of
> any kind to it) and this one.  From what I can tell in Mac68k-land
> NetBSD is where the development is happening.  OpenBSD then packages the
> NetBSD-Mac68k stuff with their own spin to it, I think.  Is this a
> correct view of the MacBSD world?  Does OpenBSD do any value-adding
> (misguided or not) to MacBSD?
> 
> Don't want to start any religious wars or anything, so direct any FLAMES
> straight to me personally.  Enquiring newbies like me who are on the
> bubble trying to decide which flavor of BSD to install on their aging
> (and logistically unsupportable) Macs may want to know...
> 
>                                   Thanks guys
>                                   kevin